Beyond leading a Gulf States recall of ambassadors to Qatar, why has Riyadh branded as terrorist organisations both the Doha-backed Muslim Brotherhood as well as the Iraq and Syria-based Sunni radical of Al Nusra Front and Isis. François Picard’s panel argues over the timing, what with a possible détente between the West and Shiite Iran and the U-S president’s visit to Riyadh later this month.
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The guests
Ardavan AMIR ASLANI
International Lawyer
Olivier DA LAGE
RFI Journalist
Haytham MANNA
President of Scandinavian Institute for Humans Rights
Faisal Al YAFAI
Journalist for Abu Dhabi based Newspaper ‘The National’
