The Justice Department ordered an Al Jazeera online news platform based in the US to register as a foreign agent, declaring that the outlet is 'an agent of the Government of Qatar,' according to a letter from the Justice Department obtained by CNN.
Washington DC The Justice Department ordered an Al Jazeera online news platform based in the US to register as a foreign agent on Monday, declaring that the outlet is"an agent of the Government of Qatar," according to a letter from the Justice Department obtained by CNN.
The designation for that platform, AJ+, came on the same day that Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates signed agreements to normalize relations with Israel at the White House — an event attended by Qatari officials who were in Washington for a series of bilateral meetings with the US just the previous day.
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