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Analysis: Why is Turkey deploying troops to Qatar?
Turkey’s decision is not necessarily anti-Saudi, but it is definitely pro-Qatari, say analysts.
Only two days after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar for its alleged support of “terrorist organisations”, Turkey’s parliament has ratified military deals allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in…