Conflict between Qatar & Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab state in Western Asia by land area.
- Saudi Arabia is bordered by Qatar to the east.
- The kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of the Two Holy Al-Masjid al-Haram - Makkah Mosques, and Al- Masjid al-Nabawi (in Madinah), the two holiest places in Islam.
-Saudi Arabia has the world’s second-largest oil reserves and is the second-largest oil exporter.
The capital is Riyadh .
Language : Arabic
Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the Āl Saʿūd .
Qatar
Qatar
Qatar is a small and limited space country in the middle east in Asia.
-Qatar is neighbored by four countries, to the north Bahrain , to the west Saudi Arabia, to the south the U.A.E ( the United Arab Emirates ), to the east the closest country to it is Iran.
-Official religion is Islam
-Capital City Doha
The country has the highest per person income in the world.
Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is widely regarded as the most advanced Arab state for human development.
Qatar is a high-income economy, backed by the world's third-largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves.
How it started ?
How It Started ?
The Qatar diplomatic crisis began in June 2017 two years ago, an air, land and sea blockade was imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia and other countries.
Some countries led by Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic and trade ties with Doha, and imposed a sea, land and air blockade on Qatar, claiming it supported "terrorism" and was too close to Iran.
Parties involved in diplomatic dispute
Maldives
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
Comoros
Parties involved in diplomatic dispute
EGYPT
Senegal
Libya
Yemen
Djibouti
Jordan
Issues and challenges
Issues and challenges
What do Qatar's neighbors want?
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Qatar's neighbors said on 5 July they had received a "negative response" to the 13-point list of demands presented to Qatar on 22 June. In return for ending the restrictions, they had told the emirate to:
-Cut diplomatic ties with Iran and close its diplomatic missions.
-Cut all ties to "terrorist organisations" and hand over "terrorist figures"
-Stop all funding for individuals or organisations stated as terrorists by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, the United States and other countries.
-Shut down Al Jazeera and other Qatar-funded news outlets .
What does Qatar say?
-Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said on 5 July that its neighbors were "demanding that we have to surrender our sovereignty".That was something it would "never do", he stressed.
-Qatar continues to call for dialogue
Logistical implications :
Nearly 80 percent of Qatar's food requirements come from Persian Gulf Arab neighbors, with only 1 percent being produced locally and even imports from outside the Gulf states usually crossing the now closed land border with Saudi Arabia.
Air travel :
Impact
All airlines based in these countries, including Emirates, suspended flights to and from Qatar.Gulf Air, EgyptAir,FlyDubai, Air Arabia, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Etihad Airways suspended their flights to and from Qatar.
Media Ban :
All countries blocked access to Qatari news agencies, including Al Jazeera.Saudi Arabia shut down the local office of Al Jazeera Media Network.
Solutions
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf has said a solution to the Gulf crisis would only be possible if Doha returns to the "right path".
Kuwait maintains an important role in reuniting the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries amid the ongoing blockade of Qatar.
Solutions
Is the US trying to resolve the dispute?
The US might be expected to want the crisis to end quickly because Qatar hosts the largest American military facility in the Middle East - al-Udeid airbase.