Mystery Qatari sheikh pushed into Gulf crisis spotlight

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"Sheikh Abdullah... is not part of the very inner circle of the ruling elite in Qatar today," said Andreas Krieg, a strategic risk analyst and assistant professor at King's College London university and who knows the workings of the state apparatus in Qatar. "He lives abroad but is not exiled." The sheikh belongs to a branch of the Al-Thani royal family which may have seen its power eroded in recent years, but is still very well-connected.

Period	20 Aug 2017
Held at	Agence France Presse