#Qatar ambassador resumes work in #Cairo

Ambassador Saif Moqadam Al-Boenain attended last week’s Arab League summit in Sharm El-Sheikh

Saif Moqadam Al-Boenain, Qatari ambassador to Egypt

Qatar's ambassador to Egypt resumed work on Tuesday at his office in Cairo  AS reported.

Qatar had recalled Ambassador Saif Moqadam Al-Boenain on 19 February "for consultation" after Egypt's envoy to the Arab League charged that Doha supports terrorism.

Qatar had criticised unilateral Egyptian airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya following the beheading of Egyptian Copts.

However, the ambassador attended the Arab League summit held in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh on 28-29 March with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa, in a possible sign of an ease in tension between the two states.

Cairo has been incensed by Doha's criticism of the post-Morsi government and its hosting of several exiled leaders of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt had also recalled its ambassador to Doha in February over political tensions and the cabinet said on 6 March that he would not return for now.

However, Qatar has recently distanced itself from the Brotherhood by deporting some of its members to other countries.

Both Egypt and Qatar are part of a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

#Yemen ex-strongman's son 'sacked as ambassador'

The son of former Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, accused of backing a rebellion, has been sacked as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, officials said on Monday.

Ahmed Ali Saleh was relieved of his duties at the demand of the UAE, according to a Gulf diplomatic official who did not want to be named.

The UAE is a member of an Arab coalition waging an air war on Houthi Shia militants and military units loyal to Saleh that have risen up against President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

A Hadi aide confirmed the president had dismissed Ahmed Ali Saleh as ambassador but said it had not yet been officially announced.

The embattled leader has taken refuge in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, which is leading the coalition against the Houthis and their allies, who have seized swathes of the country.

Saleh was president for more than three decades until stepping down in 2012 after a bloody year-long uprising.

His son was afterwards named ambassador to the UAE but is believed to have remained in Yemen.

Foreign diplomats in Abu Dhabi said they had not seen him since his appointment.

Previously he had commanded the Republican Guard, which remains loyal to his father.

#Qatar's #emir to attend #Sharm #Arab summit, Egypt minister says

Qatar's emir to attend Sharm Arab summit, Egypt minister says

Despite tensions with Cairo, Egyptian minister says Qatar's emir will attend an Arab League summit due later this month in Sharm El-Sheikh

Emir of Qatar Sheik Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Qatar's emir will attend an Arab League summit due to take place in Egypt later this month, an Egyptian official said, sign of a possible ease in political tensions between the two Arab states.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in comments to private TV channel Sada El-Balad on Tuesday that Egypt "has received a notification" that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad will participate in the annual gathering of the 22-member bloc.

The 26th Arab League summit will take place on March 28-29 in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, with national security in the Arab countries topping the agenda, officials say.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman is expected to lead a line-up of Arab leaders at the summit who will also include Iraqi President Fouad Masoum.

Egypt and Qatar have fallen out over Doha's backing of Egyptian Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted in 2013, and his Muslim Brotherhood group. 

Cairo has been incensed by Doha's hosting of several exiled leaders of the Brotherhood, now banned and designated a terrorist organisation by Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Qatar's emir did not attend a global investor conference Egypt hosted earlier this month in the coastal city. But a delegation from his country headed by a top economic ministry official participated in the three-day international gathering which saw Egypt secure $12 billion of investments and central bank deposits from Arab Gulf allies of Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and sign billions of dollars of deals.

In February, Qatar recalled its ambassador to Cairo over a spat at a meeting of the league in Cairo where Egypt's delegates accused Doha of supporting terrorism.

The new flare-up of tension came after Qatar expressed reservations over Egypt's recent air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya in response to the beheading of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Qatar's suspension in December 2014 of its Egypt-focused Al Jazeera channel, accused by Cairo of serving as a mouthpiece for the Brotherhood, as well as its banishing of seven Brotherhood leaders in September were seen as good-will gestures by Doha to mend relations between both states.