Saudia, Bahrain, UAE & Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar

[Falcon29]

If this goes any further either the House of Saud or the Qatari ruler will eventually fall. The proximity of these two neighbours makes it impossible to ignore the effects. Turkey is going to stand by Qatar and of course Iran will indirectly assist Qatar. So, it's not going to be a stroll through the park for the House of Saud. The US will try to calm things down as her largest military base in the region is in Qatar. It's an opportunity for Erdogan to settle a score with those who orchestrated the coup.

Iran has nothing to do with this nor will it get involved. Qatar and Iran are no allies. This is mostly about the situation post 2013 with the Muslim Brotherhood. Both sides have made mistakes and committed wrong doings, but this shouldn't occur between GCC nations that look so closely on many matters.

I think Jordan will follow this decision and will cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in the upcoming hours, the only Arab country that encountered similar situation was Egypt when it agreed on Camp David Accord with Israel, several arab countries cut their ties with Egypt and they even tried to move Arab League center from Cairo to another city outside. I think that means Qatar has committed something serious to make all these countries agree on such a decision. As you see, they just severed political, militarily ties by the moment, but the real strong hit will be the economic one. When Qatar finds itself isolated, then it will approve of whatever they want.

I don't think it will play out that way, this will be settled in private. Qatar is no ally to Iran if that is the concern. So what is are the demands? They likely are irrational which makes this a misplayed move.

 

[Clutch]

I guess Qatar are the financiers of ISIS which also plays in favour of Iran. Qatar is doing the covert dirty work of Iran.

I am just guessing....

However this unravels I am more concerned about how this will impact pakistan ... hope we don't get caught in the middle of all this mess. Imagine a single missile from Qatar landing in Dubai... the entire castles build in sand will domino as foreigners who support that land run for the hills outta the region.

 

[Somali-Turk]

Four countries cut links with Qatar over 'terrorism' support
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
The countries say Qatar is supporting terrorist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Saudi state news agency SPA said Riyadh had closed its borders, severing land, sea and air contact.
It cited officials as saying it was to "protect its national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism".
Egypt has also closed its airspace and ports for all Qatari transportation, the foreign ministry said.
The United Arab Emirates has given Qatari diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. Abu Dhabi accuses Doha of "supporting, funding and embracing terrorism, extremism and sectarian organisations," state news agency WAM said.
Bahrain's state news agency said the country was cutting ties with Qatar over "shaking the security and stability of Bahrain and meddling in its affairs".
The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels also expelled Qatar from its alliance because of Doha's "practices that strengthen terrorism" and its support to groups "including Al-Qaeda and Daesh [also known as the so-called Islamic State], as well as dealing with the rebel militias", according to SPA.

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Pan-Arabism à la Saud.

 

[That Guy]

I find it offensively hilarious that KSA is accusing Qatar of sponsoring terrorism.

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Kuwait and Oman aren't supporting Saudi Arabia's position which is important to point out. Especially Oman maintains traditionally a good relationship with Iran. Kuwait is always neutral towards Iran. in short: GCC is dead.

 

[The SC]

Great confusion at Hamad International Airport in Qatar..

 

[UkroTurk]

Four countries cut links with Qatar over 'terrorism' support

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

The countries say Qatar is supporting terrorist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Saudi state news agency SPA said Riyadh had closed its borders, severing land, sea and air contact with Qatar.

It cited officials as saying it was to "protect its national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism".

Egypt has also closed its airspace and ports for all Qatari transportation, its foreign ministry said.

The United Arab Emirates has given Qatari diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. Abu Dhabi accuses Doha of "supporting, funding and embracing terrorism, extremism and sectarian organisations," state news agency WAM said.

Bahrain's state news agency said the country was cutting ties with Qatar because Doha was "shaking the security and stability of Bahrain and meddling in its affairs".

The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels also expelled Qatar from its alliance because of Doha's "practices that strengthen terrorism" and its support to groups "including al-Qaeda and Daesh [also known as the so-called Islamic State], as well as dealing with the rebel militias", according to SPA.

Qatar has provided its warplanes to carry out air strikes against the Houthi rebels.

Qatar has so far made no public comments on the latest developments.

The row comes almost two weeks after controversial comments attributed to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, appeared online.

The government in Doha has dismissed them as fake, attributing the report to a "shameful cybercrime".


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829

 

[Devil Soul]

This is not the 1st time that Qatar have come under pressure or being accused of working against the other Arab countries, few years back also KSA accused Qatar of backstabbing, but the dust settled after other Arab countries jumped in to settle the issue.

 

[Clutch]

I think there is going to be war in the gulf... all those shinny skyscrapers are going to turn to dust in Dubai, Doha, Oman, Bahrain... all the enemies who have been jealous of the gulfs wealth and gonna sit down and enjoy the show such as the NATO types, the Israelis., and if course the Indians

 

[Azeri440]

uhmmm whats going on?

 

[Yaseen1]

once again u.s and israel have trapped arabs in their web and unity of Muslims is damaged.Middle east countries existence are in threat

 

[Beast]

I will not surprised if its escalate to a war. Cutting of diplomatic ties is no laughing matter. It is the prelude to open scale conflict.

 

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'Terrorism' causes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE to isolate Qatar
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Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism, in an unprecedented breach between the most powerful members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The coordinated move dramatically escalates a dispute over Qatar's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest Islamist movement, and adds accusations that Doha even backs the agenda of regional arch-rival Iran.

The three Gulf states announced the closure of transport ties with Qatar and gave Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their countries. Qatar was also expelled from a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

These are more severe measures than during a previous eight-month rift in 2014, when Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE withdrew their ambassadors from Doha. At that time, travel links were maintained and Qataris were not expelled.

A split between Doha and its closest allies can have repercussions around the Middle East where Gulf states have used their financial and political power to influence events in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Qatar is also due to host the World Cup in 2022.

Al Jazeera
In a statement on state news agency SPA, oil giant Saudi Arabia accused Qatar of backing militant groups and spreading their violent ideology, in an apparent reference to Qatar's influential state-owned satellite channel al Jazeera.

"(Qatar) embraces multiple terrorist and sectarian groups aimed at disturbing stability in the region, including the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS (Islamic State) and Al Qaeda, and promotes the message and schemes of these groups through their media constantly," SPA said.

The statement went on to accuse Qatar of supporting what it described as Iranian-backed militants in its restive and largely Shia-populated eastern region of Qatif and in Bahrain.

There was no immediate Qatari reaction to the announcements, and Qatari officials could not be reached for comment, but it has denied supporting terrorism or Iran in the past.

Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, said on its state news agency that Qatar's policy "threatens Arab national security and sows the seeds of strife and division within Arab societies according to a deliberate plan aimed at the unity and interests of the Arab nation."

Bahrain's Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement saying it would withdraw its diplomatic mission from the Qatari capital of Doha within 48 hours.

The statement further said that all Qatari diplomats should leave Bahrain within the same period.

Bahrain blamed Qatar's “media incitement, support for armed terrorist activities and funding linked to Iranian groups to carry out sabotage and spreading chaos in Bahrain” for its decision.

All the nations also announced plans to cut air and sea traffic to the peninsular country. It wasn't immediately clear how that would affect Qatar Airways, one of the region's major long-haul carriers.

US downplays rift
United States (US) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he does not expect a growing rift between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours to degrade unity in the fight against militancy.

Tillderson told a news conference in Sydney that the rift will have no implications for the effort against the militant Islamic State group.

Qatar hosts a key US air base.

Etihad suspends operations in Qatar
The Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad says it is suspending flights to Qatar amid the growing diplomatic rift.

Etihad said on its website Monday its last flights “until further notice” would leave early Tuesday morning.

However the UAE flag carrier gave no reason for the decision.

once again u.s and israel have trapped arabs in their web and unity of Muslims is damaged.Middle east countries existence are in threat

Nobody can make a fool of you unless you are a fool to start of with.

GCC have always been a nation of fools.

I will not surprised if its escalate to a war. Cutting of diplomatic ties is no laughing matter. It is the prelude to open scale conflict.

It is war... Saudi invasion of Qatar is around the corner.

Pakistan should stay out of this! Let the fools burn themselves.

 

[Arabi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/871613583242780672

Great confusion at Hamad International Airport in Qatar..

Qatar Airways has lost 15 million dollars due to the closing of airports and skies of KSA, Bharain, UAE and Egypt to any flight from/to Qatar.