September 11, 2017 Meet the Middle East

Hopes fade as Gulf crisis hits 100-day landmark

"If the present trajectory is anything to go by, I expect this crisis to last well into the next year," Christopher Davidson, a Middle East expert at Britain's Durham University, told AFP.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of bankrolling Islamist extremists and being too close to Iran.
Source: Albawaba
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