Qatar: F-15 deal is going as plannednote

Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khaled Al-Atiyyah is said to have received several calls and messages last week from high-ranking officers of the Pentagon to reassure him that the F-15 deal is going as planned. The following 368-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the contacts between Minister Al-Atiyyah and Pentagon’s officials in the light of transition of power in the United States. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/52 – Dec. 23, 2016]