Salwa Canal - Wikipedia
The Salwa Canal is a proposed shipping route and tourism project through Saudi Arabia along its border with Qatar, effectively turning the latter into an island. The project appears to be abandoned for the present.
Qatar–Saudi Arabia border - Wikipedia
In June 2018 Saudi Arabia announced that it is planning on constructing a 61 km (38 mi) long Salwa Canal running along the Saudi side of the Salwa Border Crossing at a cost of $745 million. The canal is set to physically separate Qatar from its only land border and effectually render it …
Saudi Arabia Eyes Up Canal Border Idea, Turning Qatar From A ... - Forbes
Apr 6, 2018 · A proposal to dig a canal along the length of the Saudi-Qatari border has emerged, in the latest surprising twist in the ongoing diplomatic and economic standoff between the two countries.
This New Canal Would Turn Qatar into an Island
Sep 17, 2018 · It's taking bids for a massive project that would dig a 38-mile ship canal the full length of its border with Qatar, stranding the former peninsula as a new island in the Persian Gulf. The...
An Island in the Desert: The Salwa Canal and the Isolation of Qatar
Apr 9, 2018 · While Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues his tour of the West with a layover in Paris to meet with President Emmanuel Macron, ambitious plans to turn the Saudi-Qatar border area at …
If executed as planned, the Salwa Canal would be built completely on Saudi territory 1 km from its border with the Qatar peninsula. The latter would see its only land border disappear and turn the State of Qatar into an island State.
The Salwa Canal and the Island of Qatar – ScienceOpen
Jan 1, 2020 · If executed as planned, the Salwa Canal would be built completely on Saudi territory 1 km from its border with the Qatar peninsula. The latter would see its only land border disappear and turn the State of Qatar into an island State.
With a new canal, Saudia Arabia plans to turn rival Qatar into an …
Jun 22, 2018 · According to the Makkah newspaper, five international firms have been invited to submit proposals, due Monday, to dig a 38-mile-long canal on the Saudi side of the border.
Salwa Canal, a Saudi tourism project that means more isolation for Qatar
Apr 10, 2018 · The Salwa border, which links Saudi Arabia with Qatar, may give way to allow Saudi Arabia to develop a whole new area on the Western coast of the Arabian Gulf.
Saudi Arabia to dig canal along Qatar border: Official - Anadolu …
Apr 10, 2018 · A Saudi official has confirmed reports of plans to dig a maritime channel along the kingdom’s border with Qatar -- a move that would effectively turn the Qatari peninsula into an island.