Qatar is a wealthy Arab country with oil and natural gas. It hosts an American air force base, and also hosts the leadership of Hamas. Qatar has provided 1.8 billion in funding to Hamas since 2012. Qatar has a history of also funding Al-Qaeda. Qatar has become one of the leading sponsors of radical Islamic terrorism in the world. But since they export so much oil and natural gas, this is ignored. Qatar also has a history of funding foreign journalists, even in the USA, to try to shape the narratives more in their favor. Former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim: "We Had Journalists On Our Payroll In Many Countries, Some Of Them Became MPs; Most Arab Countries Were Doing This" https://archive.ph/BkS4I(Wall Street Mav)