The Guardian: Qatar crisis: four Arab states vow fresh economic and political sanctions
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain says initial list of 13 demands would be replaced with fresh measures
The four Arab states leading the boycott against Qatar said late on Thursday that Doha’s refusal of their demands to resolve a Gulf diplomatic crisis was proof of its links to terrorist groups and that they would enact new measures against it.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain released a joint statement carried by their state media saying their initial list of 13 demands was now void and pledging new political, economic and legal steps against Qatar.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. is correct that this dispute is going to go on for a while, and my gut is agreeing with this commentator's analysis that Qatar will probably agree to the quartet's demands in a few months .... Qatar will quietly surrender in the dark (Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Arab News).
The Qatar Crisis -- News Updates July 6-7, 2017
Four Arab states leading Qatar boycott say initial demands void, vow more measures -- Reuters
Four Arab States to Take 'Political, Economic and Legal' Measures Against Qatar -- Sputnik
Arab Nations Continue Isolation Of Qatar Which Ignores Their List Of Demands -- NPR
U.S. Says Dispute Between Qatar and Neighbors at Impasse -- NYT
Qatar: Rex Tillerson to travel to Kuwait in bid to resolve Arab dispute -- ABC News Online
Rex Tillerson Will Visit Kuwait in Response to Growing U.S. Concern About the Gulf Dispute -- Times/Reuters
Qatar: we’re too rich to be threatened -- The Australian
World-beating wealth props up Qatar against Arab sanctions -- Reuters
AP Analysis: Qatar's defiance may spur Arab quartet to act -- AP
3 comments:
Wasn't Quatar supposed to have surrendered by now?
I gave it a few weeks. But in the end the Saudis held back on a lot of the sanctions that they had originally wanted to impose .... specifically not crippling Qatar's financial networks. Who put the squeeze on them to not do this .... who knows. But this is a conflict that has been ongoing for years, and there is some truth to Abdulrahman Al-Rashed above commentary that in the past Qatar always knuckled down, and they will do so again on this dispute. The question is when. He gives them 2 months when the story has died down.
Whoa! Talk about funeral home decor.
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