Unproven Allegations Against Qatar by Anonymous Sourced Reports

Die Presse, an Austrian news outlet claimed that Qatar has paid for Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia by providing half a billion dollars for its drones program as well as financing Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Die Presse claimed that a secret service dossier revealed that a rich emirate of Qatar is financing the Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen and thus also attacks on Saudi Arabia. Al Arabiya, The National, The Jerusalem Post, The Gulf News circulated that same claims after the report was published on Die Presse. The claims started circulating across the MENA region between social media users on Facebook and Twitter.