• Qatar emerges as dealmaker, helping broker US contacts with Iranian regime • Questions linger over terms of ceasefire, future of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions DOHA / WASHINGTON: Iran’s ‘strike’ on the US military base in Qatar was carefully calculated to provide an exit from hostilities with Washington and set up a truce with Israel, according to analysts and officials with knowledge of the matter. The … Continue reading Iran’s ‘calculated response’ helps US declare ‘peace in Middle East’