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Six countries break off relations with Qatar. Why?


This week Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrein closed all diplomatic relations with Qatar. Within a few hours, these four countries were joined by Yemen and the Maldives. This is not just an interruption of diplomatic relations, as took place in 2014, but an actual geographic isolation of Qatar, that calls for the expulsion of all its citizens currently located in the participating countries, a stop to all air and sea traffic and the closure of all borders. According to the official motivation, the closing of relations is due to "support for terrorist activities" provided by Qatar to terrorists in the region. The accusation of "supporting terrorists" in actual fact means that the countries of the Gulf coalition want to bring Qatar back in line with Saudi politics, straining the power relations in the region.

This week Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrein closed all diplomatic relations with Qatar. Within a few hours, these four countries were joined by Yemen and the Maldives. This is not just an interruption of diplomatic relations, as took place in 2014, but an actual geographic isolation of Qatar, that calls for the expulsion of all its citizens currently located in the participating countries, a stop to all air and sea traffic and the closure of all borders. According to the official motivation, the closing of relations is due to “support for terrorist activities” provided by Qatar to terrorists in the region. The accusation of “supporting terrorists” in actual fact means that the countries of the Gulf coalition want to bring Qatar back in line with Saudi politics, straining the power relations in the region.

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