How This Week’s Gulf Diplomatic Feud Unfolded
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Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani gives a press conference in Doha, on June 8, 2017. KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images
On Monday, June 5, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya’s eastern-based government aligned with Khalifa Haftar cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and accused the country of causing regional instability. Maldives, Mauritius, and Mauritania also cut ties later. Senegal followed on Wednesday by recalling its ambassador from Doha. Chad did the same on Thursday.
The Saudi press statement on state news agency SPA said that Qatar supports the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Houthis, and “Iranian-backed terrorist groups” in the Qatif Governorate in Saudi Arabia and in Bahrain. The statement also said that ...