"Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!"
"Because it was started based on fabricated news, being wedged and being inserted in our national news agency which was hacked and proved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation".
USA intelligence officials believe Russian hackers planted a false news story that led Saudi Arabia and several allies to sever relations with Qatar, prompting a diplomatic crisis, CNN reported Tuesday.
Trump had previously appeared to side with the Saudis and other nations against Qatar in a series of tweets on Tuesday. "Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!", Trump said on his Twitter account.
Mr. Spicer said Mr. Trump had a very, very constructive conversation with the Emir of Qatar during his visit in Riyadh. Trump, during the phone call, said that a United Gulf Cooperation Council is critical to defeat terrorism and promote regional stability, the White House added. Mauritania became the ninth country to sever ties with Qatar.
"We are courageous enough to sit and talk about it to change the course", Al-Thani said.
He said there had been a transportation crisis after Saudi Arabian authorities banned the operation of Qatar Airways and closed its land and sea borders with Qatar.
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Another Arab nation, Jordan, said after studying the causes of the crisis with Qatar it was downgrading its diplomatic representation and withdrawing licenses for the Amman bureau of the Doha-based TV news channel Al-Jazeera. Qatar strongly denies supporting terrorism. Adrian J.T. Rankine-Galloway, a Defense Department spokesman, said one day before Trump's tweets.
Crisis in the Gulf: Why is Qatar under siege? Some 10,000 military personnel are stationed at the Al-Udeid airbase. It's also another example of Russia's cozying up to a critical United States partner in the Middle East at a time of tension between traditional allies.
According to Reuters, Qatar has for years presented itself as a mediator and power broker for the region's many disputes, but Egypt and the Gulf Arab states resent Qatar's support for Islamists, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, which they see as a political foe.
As reported by the Guardian, tensions with Qatar's Gulf Arab neighbours have grown in recent years as part of a tussle for regional leadership.
Moscow on Wednesday dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark the diplomatic crisis around Qatar, after CNN reported that United States officials believed they planted a false news story.
If verified, it would be the second cyber security breach following Russian hackers' alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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