Qatari finance minister replaced after arrest in corruption probe
Qatar s emir replaced Al-Emadi with the minister of commerce and industry after he was charged with embezzlement and abuse of power.
AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYA - Qatar s former Finance Minister Ali Shareef al-Emadi, Qatar s public prosecutor has ordered al-Emadi s arrest, state media reported Thursday, May 6, 2021, for questioning over alleged abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds
Qatar s finance minister, Ali Cherif al-Emadi, has been relieved of his duties after being arrested for abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds.
Qatar s emir replaced the finance minister after his arrest, according to a royal statement on Thursday, following state media reports on the case.
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No top-ranking Turkish official seems to have been left out of the high-level delegation that visited Tripoli to meet Libyan officials on Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dispatched Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan and Chief of Staff Yaşar Güler to Tripoli to inform Libyan officials and regional countries that the Turkish intervention in Libya was not an accident and that Turkey is there to stay.
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