The UAE minister says the Qatar crisis has ‘gone on for too long’
The UAE halted condensate imports from Qatar in June
The nine individuals and nine organisations are said to have “direct and indirect ties with Qatari authorities”
On Monday morning, Saudi viewers reported that beIN sports channels and websites were unblocked
Turkey has drawn the ire of Saudi and its Gulf neighbours after bolstering a military base in Qatar
The Qatari cable channel was blocked more than a month ago due to the rift between the GCC states
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah said the country had its “own opinion” on how to resolve the situation
The four states cut diplomatic ties and economic links with Qatar on June 5
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar on June 5
The UAE will not escalate sanctions by asking companies to choose between doing business with it or with Qatar, says official
A media report quoted sources as saying that the diplomatic crisis was “the main reason for the deal being postponed”
Pressure exerted on Doha “was working”, says senior official
Al Jaber Engineering has 26 months to build the facility, which will meet local demand for sugar, rice and cooking oil
The refinancing of the $1bn loan by Doha Festival City was being coordinated by investment bank QInvest
Jean-Yves Le Drian is visiting the UAE and Kuwait on Sunday
UAE minister says ‘very far from a political solution’ in Qatar crisis
The new route will be served by an Airbus A320 aircraft
Many major suppliers of Qatargas have offices in Doha but store supplies in warehouses in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone
The US Secretary of State returned to Kuwait without making any statement on his talks in Jeddah
Tillerson arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday to meet the four nations’ foreign ministers
Qatar signed an agreement with the US on Tuesday to combat the financing of terrorism
Tillerson said he was hopeful of progress towards a resolution in the GCC dispute
The agreements were signed by the GCC states in 2013 and 2014
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and British National Security Advisor Mark Sedwill visited Kuwait
Qatar’s exports to Japan, India, South Korea and China account for nearly three quarters of its total exports
The Qatar central bank claims to have $40bn in reserves plus gold, while the QIA has $300bn in reserves
Boris Johnson is travelling across the GCC to meet with senior leaders
Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson has also arrived in the GCC to help mediate the conflict
Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways have also announced a lifting of the ban this week
Saudi, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt will continue political and economic boycott against Qatar