<div>Qatar is introducing national service for women for the first time while extending the time for coned men in the military under a law issued by the country's Emir.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The state media today said, women aged over 18 will be able to volunteer for national service which comes into immediate affect, while men will now serve a year instead of three months in the military service. The Qatar News Agency said, every Qatari male between 18 and 35 is required to perform a compulsory military service while the national service for females is voluntary. The new law also allows for a National Service Academy to be established and says men must apply for conion within 60 days of turning 18.</div>''<div>&nbsp;</div>''<div>The News agency said, this is the first time that women have been allowed to undertake national service, although they have already served in the military in administrative roles.&nbsp;</div>''<div></div>''<div>&nbsp;</div>''<div>The decision to extend the rules surrounding conion, first introduced in November 2013, comes with Qatar at the centre of deepening diplomatic Gulf crisis, which turned 10 months old today.</div>''<div></div>''<div><br />''</div>