{"id":61019,"date":"2026-03-12T09:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=61019"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:20:27","slug":"usa-will-withdraw-as-soon-as-arab-states-declare-war-with-iran-trump-will-sell-weapons-to-arabs-hereafter-former-pm-of-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/usa-will-withdraw-as-soon-as-arab-states-declare-war-with-iran-trump-will-sell-weapons-to-arabs-hereafter-former-pm-of-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"USA will Withdraw as Soon as Arab States Declare War with Iran | Trump will Sell Weapons to Arabs Hereafter : Former PM of Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a striking and highly controversial warning, former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) has sounded the alarm to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states about the escalating 2026 Iran conflict. His remarks reflect a growing concern among seasoned regional leaders that Gulf nations may be drifting into a dangerous \u201close-lose\u201d proxy war\u2014one that ultimately benefits outside powers more than the region itself.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HBJ argued that the United States could ultimately step back from the conflict while continuing to profit by selling weapons to both sides, a claim that echoes long-standing regional suspicions of Western \u201cdivide and rule\u201d strategies.<\/div>\n
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By invoking the idea of a \u201cGreater Israel project,\u201d he suggested that the current military campaign\u2014known as Operation Epic Fury\u2014may extend beyond stopping Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions and instead reflect a broader effort to reshape the political map of the Middle East.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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His warning comes at a particularly sensitive moment for Qatar. On March 4, 2026, Doha\u2019s leadership firmly rejected Iranian claims that missile strikes hitting residential areas in the Qatari capital were accidental.<\/div>\n
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Despite these attacks, HBJ represents a segment of the Gulf\u2019s political elite who believe that a direct confrontation with Iran would drain the region\u2019s wealth and stability, leaving both sides weakened and economically exhausted.<\/div>\n
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The reference to the \u201cGreater Israel project\u201d has added another layer of controversy. Amid the ongoing war, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has called for rapid normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel once the conflict ends. Critics like HBJ argue that Arab states are being pushed toward financing and fighting a war that could ultimately sideline them strategically.<\/div>\n
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As tensions continue to rise, HBJ\u2019s stark warning of \u201cbrother against brother\u201d is resonating with those who favor a new neutrality bloc in the region. In his view, once the global powers step back from the confrontation, it will be the Middle Eastern states that must deal with the aftermath\u2014damaged economies, fragile security, and a power vacuum\u2014while foreign arms industries walk away with the profits.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Middle East Monitoring Desk Islamabad In a striking and highly controversial warning, former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) has sounded the alarm to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states about the escalating 2026 Iran conflict. His remarks reflect a growing concern among seasoned regional leaders that Gulf nations may be drifting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[4813,197,319,2082,382,122,408,8165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61021,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61019\/revisions\/61021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}