Reporters stand by Saudi prince's Qatar swipe - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Reporters stand by Saudi prince's Qatar swipe - Middle East - Al Jazeera English:

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Bandar was said to have made the remarks during one of his recent overseas missions [EPA]

The Middle East Monitor has reported that three Wall Street Journal reporters who said that Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin Sultan had described Qatar as "nothing but 300 people … and a TV channel" are standing by their claim.

The quotes in the WSJ article last week were attributed to "a person familiar with the exchange" and journalists Adam Entous, Nour Malas and Margaret Coker told the London-based publication on Wednesday that the sources behind the account were knowledgeable and reliable.

Bandar, the director-general of the Saudi intelligence agency, was said to have made the remarks during one of his recent overseas missions and to have ended the quote by adding "that doesn't make a country".

The Saudi News Agency reported two days after the WSJ piece that a Saudi official had denied Bandar's comments."

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