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Qatar works closely with the international community to
defeat terrorism through bilateral defence agreements and
global counterterrorism initiatives. These include: Qatar has also adopted comprehensive measures to
combat terrorism and prevent terrorism financing. Efforts
include:
• • Prohibiting individuals and entities from collecting
and distributing donations, and limiting the donation
collection process exclusively to charitable institutions.
• Collaborating between all relevant law enforcement
agencies to implement proactive measures to prevent
providing material support towards areas of conflict.
• Establishing direct channels aimed at the exchange of
intelligence information with other security agencies
domestically and abroad.
• On 20 July 2017, His Highness the Amir further
amended anti-terror legislation in Qatar. The decree
set rules for defining terrorism, acts of terrorism and
the financing of terrorism.
• On 21 March 2018, the Qatari National Counter-
Terrorism Committee placed 28 individuals and
entities on a terrorism list, including several Qatar’s
nationals. This list is part of Qatar’s ongoing
commitment to combat terrorism and terrorism
financing.
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Investing $5 billion to significantly expand Al-Udeid
Air Base, which is home to the Central Command of
US operations, as well as the US military equipment
pre-positioning and command facilities at Camp As
Sayliyah.
Acting as a full partner and active participant in
the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and providing
significant support facilitating US military operations
in the region through Al-Udeid.
On 11 July 2017, Qatar became the first country to
sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
the US outlining future efforts it can take to fortify its
fight against terrorism.
Qatar is a founding member of the Global Counter
Terrorism Forum, through which it coordinates
counter-terrorism initiatives with 29 other member
countries, including the US, Turkey, and Saudi
Arabia.
It is also a member of the Financial Action Task
Force, which is an intergovernmental body dedicated
to combatting terrorism.