QATAR PERSPECTIVE

Qatar covers India's crisis with acute awareness of its own role: the country is one of India's principal LPG suppliers, and the Strait of Hormuz closure blocks its own exports. Al Jazeera English provides extensive coverage of Indian household suffering, with empathetic reporting from Delhi slums and Rajasthan villages. The pluralist tone of Al Jazeera English contrasts with its Arabic version, more focused on war victims in the Middle East.

The Peninsula, Qatar's official daily, reports on Doha's diplomatic efforts to find alternative logistical solutions: Qatar explores alternative export routes via Oman and the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, circumventing Hormuz. The Qatar News Agency emphasizes Qatar's mediator role in the crisis, recalling the diplomatic expertise gained from Hamas-Israel negotiations and the Taliban deal.

Rivalry with Saudi Arabia is subtly present: while Riyadh touts its missile interceptions, Doha positions itself as the mediator seeking solutions, not military victories. The 2017-2021 blockade by Saudis and Emiratis lingers in the background: Qatar understands what it means to be cut off from supply routes.

Al Jazeera in Arabic is more direct, describing the war as "U.S.-Israeli war against Iran" and emphasizing that Arab peoples and developing countries pay the price for Western and Zionist expansionism.