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Tehran: All Qatari Flights will Cross Iran’s Airspace
2017-06-07
An official at Iran Airports Company said that all flights performed by Qatari airlines will cross the Iranian airspace to travel to Africa and Europe.
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Assistant-Undersecretary at PM Court: Bahrain Takes Full Control of Qatar Airlines
2017-06-07
Bahraini official said that his country takes full control of Qatar airlines.
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Bahrain’s Crown Prince: Cutting Ties with Qatar is Firm Stance against Terrorism
2017-06-07
Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that cutting ties with Qatar is not a position against the Emir or the people of Qatar, but a firm stance against the policies of supporting terrorism.
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Trump Continues Tweeting about Gulf Dispute: Perhaps This will be Beginning of End to Horror of Terrorism
2017-06-07
The US President Donald Trump continued tweeting about Qatar and what happened during his meetings in Saudi Arabia. He said “So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding extremism. All reference was pointing to Qatar.”
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Reuters: U.S. Seen Trying to Calm Waters between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
2017-06-06
The United States will quietly try to calm the waters between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, current and former U.S. officials said on Monday, arguing that the small Gulf state was too important to U.S. military and diplomatic interests to be isolated.
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Interior Minister Issues Decision Banning Bahrainis from Traveling to Qatar
2017-06-06
Bahrain’s Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa issued decision banning Bahraini citizens from traveling to Qatar.
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Kuwait's Ruler to Meet Saudi King over Qatar Row
2017-06-06
Kuwait's ruler will travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with King Salman over a Gulf Arab dispute with Qatar, Gulf Arab officials said.
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France Says Wants Dialogue to End Row between Arab states, Qatar
2017-06-06
France said on Tuesday it wanted a diplomatic row between Arab states and Qatar to be resolved through dialogue, its foreign ministry said.
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Pakistan Airline Seeks to Help Passengers Stranded in Qatar
2017-06-06
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in talks to bring back Pakistani passengers of Qatar Airlines stranded in Doha after Saudi Arabia and four other Arab countries cut off ties with Qatar, an official said on Tuesday.
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Trump Says Arab Leaders Warned him Qatar Financed Radicalism
2017-06-06
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday leaders he met on a Middle East trip had warned him that Qatar was funding "radical ideology" after he had demanded they take action to stop financing militant groups.
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AFP: Panicked Qatar Shoppers Stock up as Gulf Rift Bites
2017-06-06
Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to panic after Saudi Arabia imposed a de facto food blockade.
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Qatari Riyal Slips against Dollar in Spot, Forwards Markets
2017-06-06
The Qatari riyal fell against the U.S. dollar in the spot and forwards markets early on Tuesday because of concern about the long-term economic impact on Qatar after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates severed ties with it.
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Qatari Riyal under Pressure as Saudi, UAE Banks Delay Qatar Deals
2017-06-06
Qatar's currency came under pressure on Tuesday as Gulf Arab commercial banks started holding off on business with Qatari banks because of a diplomatic rift in the region.
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Qatar Says Ready for Mediation to Ease Gulf Rift
2017-06-06
Qatar's foreign minister said on Tuesday Doha was ready for mediation efforts after the Arab world's biggest powers severed ties with it, adding that Qatar's ruler had delayed a speech in order to give Kuwait a chance to ease regional tensions.
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Oil Falls 1% on Fears Mideast Rift could Harm OPEC Cuts
2017-06-06
Oil prices fell nearly 1 percent on Monday on concerns that the cutting of ties with Qatar by top crude exporter Saudi Arabia and other Arab states could hamper a global deal to reduce oil production.
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“What do these Arab Gulf States Want from Qatar?” Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi Tells “Newsweek”
2017-06-06
The Emirati businessman and executive director of Barjeel Geojit Securities, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, said that it is unlikely that the Gulf dispute would be resolved easily, adding that “This time, however, it is far more serious (from the previous time)” in reference to withdrawal of Saudi, Emirati and Bahraini ambassadors from Doha in 2014.
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Civil Aviation, Ports and Maritime Affairs Suspend Flights and Cruises from and to Qatar
2017-06-06
Bahrain News Agency said that the Civil Aviation Affairs and Ports and Maritime Affairs suspended all flights and cruises from and to Qatar.
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Arab Powers Sever Qatar Ties, Citing Support for Militants
2017-06-05
The Arab world's strongest powers cut ties with Qatar on Monday over alleged support for Islamists and Iran, re-opening a festering wound just two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism.
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Severing Ties with Qatar not Solution for Regional Crisis
2017-06-05
A senior Iranian official said on Monday the decision by some Gulf Arab states and Egypt to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar would not help end the crisis in the Middle East.
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Video: Bahrain Severs Ties with Qatar, Accuses it of Attempting to “Bring down Regime”
2017-06-05
Bahrain’s official television aired a statement on Monday (June 5, 2017) morning in which it announced severing its diplomatic and consular relations with the State of Qatar.