Qatar must 'change policies': Saudi foreign minister

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"Strict and firm action will be taken against anyone who shows sympathy or any form of bias towards Qatar, or against anyone who objects to the position of the United Arab Emirates, whether it be through the means of social media, or any type of written, visual or verbal form".

"They said they would take a hard line on funding. extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar". These countries accused Doha of promoting terrorism and announced they would pull out their diplomatic staff from Qatar and even suspend flights to the country.

Jordan has also made a decision to revoke the license of Al Jazeera channel in the country, Minister of State for Media Affairs and the Government Spokesman Mohammad Momani said on Tuesday.

There has been no immediate word from the Pentagon or Washington on how, if at all, this crisis will affect over 11,000 active service members in the region and the sizable amount of air traffic coming in and out of Qatar, which also plays regional headquarters for U.S. Central Command. Qatar has strenuously denied the allegations. "Yes, there seems to be a difference of opinion about the Muslim Brotherhood, with Saudi Arabia opposed and Qatar in favor". "Yemen, Libya's eastern-based government and the Maldives joined in later".

The two men spoke by phone at Riyadh's initiation after Saudi Arabia broke relations and imposed a blockade on its smaller neighbour Qatar over funding for terrorist groups and a host of other conflicts.

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"Saudi Arabia has closed the offices of Qatar's Al-Jazeera news network after severing ties with the energy-rich Gulf nation, which it accuses of supporting terrorist groups", the Associated Press reported on Monday.

The ransom, which Iraqi officials said was in the "hundreds of millions of dollars", was believed to have been paid to militias with close ties to Tehran.

Both al-Jubeir and Gargash in their comments suggested their complaints about Qatar go back years, likely implying their criticism is focused on Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Sheikh Hamad took over as Qatar's emir in 1995 and expanded his nation's presence on the worldwide scene through negotiating hostage releases, briefly flirting with diplomatic ties to Israel, hosting a Taliban office and creating Al-Jazeera.

Qatar's foreign minister told the network that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the Russian hack and the planting of the fake news report. That crisis end eight months later, but the roots of it are clearly seen in the latest dispute.

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