A number of Egyptian TV hosts and journalists launched a campaign against Qatar over a documentary film produced by Al-Jazeera channel that discusses the compulsory military service in Egypt. The Qatari-owned news channel has recently broadcast a trailer of a documentary entitled “Conscripts” that tells the story of Egyptian youth getting ready to serve out their compulsory military service. After the trailer was aired, several Egyptian news outlets attacked Qatar for "insulting the Egyptian Armed Forces." Morsi is accused of espionage for Qatar and allegedly leaking important national security documents and information on the Egyptian Armed Forces to Qatar during his tenure. Over the past few years, a number of Egyptians started to organize against mandatory military service, and founding the "No for Compulsory Military Service" movement in 2009.

Source: Egypt Independent November 27, 2016 13:21 UTC