During the past year of 2017, several events occurred in Qatar and the GCC region. ‎On March 23rd of 2017, which is also 2/8/1438 in The Islamic Calendar, a hack ‎took place where The New Agency stated that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ‎the Emir of the State of Qatar, was accused of a false statement that took place ‎during the graduation of the military service batch of 2017.‎ ‎