It shows that Qatar "announces fighting terrorism on one hand and finances and supports and hosts different terrorist organizations on the other hand", they said.
- In Berlin, foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer says that while statements from the US Department of State were in line with Germany's position, "I can indeed see differences in some 140 character comments by the American president". "Most recently, the Qatari government has become not just a supporter but also an advocate for Iran, a regime that exports and funds terrorism throughout the region, destabilizing countries including Libya, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Syria", said Al-JAber.
Sudan says it will not take sides in the diplomatic crisis in the Gulf amid calls from Sudanese lawmakers to back Qatar, its oil-rich ally, against Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
The United Arab Emirates' state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash on Wednesday accused Qatar of being "the main champion of extremism and terrorism in the region". It also offered to mediate to defuse tensions, according to its state news agency.
The designations by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates intensified a dispute that threatens stability in the Persian Gulf region and was quickly rejected by Qatar. Qatar denies the allegations.
Chad, a predominantly Muslim country, joins the West African nations of Senegal and Mauritania, which have also recalled their ambassadors from Qatar. Officials in the UAE have warned there was "nothing to negotiate".
At the same time, Qatar continues to host the Al Udeid Air Base, the largest in the Middle East, which is home to 10,000 U.S. servicemen and serves as a major communications and operational center for Washington in the region.
The row looks like a well-planned operation created to end Qatar's independent foreign policy, maintained by Doha for decades with the support of the United States, after US President Donald Trump chose to support Saudi Arabia instead, according to Kedmi. It already had blocked Qatar Airlines flights as local airlines had cut their own routes to Doha.
Do not disturb while driving feature for iPhone welcomed by Brake
Users can allow certain contacts to get through so "you have the peace of mind that you can get contacted", Federighi said. Popular apps will be downloaded more; however, newer ones will be hard to find after this.
Earlier on Wednesday, he met Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and other senior UAE officials in Dubai, after talks the day before with King Salman in Saudi Arabia. It quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Thursday that Putin wasn't scheduled to meet with Al Thani.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have banned Al-Jazeera from the airwaves and closed the channel's offices.
He said Iran was ready to help with securing food supplies in the emirate, an investment powerhouse and supplier of natural gas to world markets but tiny and reliant on imports.
Gargash said "not using the formidable media ownership in promoting an extremist agenda" was a condition for negotiations.
- France is calling on Qatar to answer its Gulf neighbours' questions in order to find a solution to the current diplomatic crisis.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies may have felt emboldened to move against Qatar by Trump's visit last month to Riyadh, which saw the president clearly align U.S. interests with the kingdom and lash out at Iran.
Qatar's foreign ministry thanked the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and the British National Commission for Combating Crime for cooperating in the investigation, without elaborating.
Comments