Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent condolences Sunday to the president of the United Arab Emirates, whose mother has died, despite the diplomatic rift between the two countries.

A boycott of Qatar by its neighbors has prompted HSBC (HSBA.L) to turn down a leading role on Doha’s new dollar bond as the bank treads a political tightrope in the Gulf.

The United Arab Emirates has lodged a complaint with the United Nations to say Qatari war planes intercepted its civilian aircraft in an unjustified escalation of a regional dispute, state news agency WAM said on Thursday.

The Bahraini FM, who forgot or acted as if he has forgotten that more than 4,000 freedom-seeking prisoners are languishing behind bars in Bahrain, began criticizing the Qatari authorities for their human rights record.

Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs Authority (CAA) said it would take measures against the interception by two Qatari military aircraft of a UAE passenger plane en route to Bahrain.

Qatar has filed a complaint to the United Nations about an alleged violation of its airspace in December by an Emirati military aircraft, state news agency QNA reported on Friday.

A conference held in Bahrain on Monday (January 8, 2018) accused Qatar of taking part of Bahrain’s sovereign borders and naturalizing Bahrainis, aiming at changing the country’s demography.

Families are being torn apart by the rift between Qatar and three other Gulf Arab states which began six months ago, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is expected to attend the annual summit of Gulf Arab heads of state in Kuwait on Dec. 5 and 6, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Sunday, despite a deep dispute within the group.

Chairman of the Gathering of National Unity Abdullatif Al-Mahmood said that he submitted his resignation from membership of International Union of Muslim Scholars last October.

The Arab Quartet countries boycotting Qatar have added two entities and 11 individuals to their list of terrorism including former Bahraini MP from Al-Wefaq opposition group Sheikh Hasan Sultan.

Qatar’s foreign minister on Friday criticized “reckless leadership” in the Gulf for a number of crises including the Gulf rift and Lebanon, taking apparent aim at Saudi Arabia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged his country's continued military support for Qatar during a visit to Doha on Wednesday, according to state media, amid an ongoing Gulf political crisis.

Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman said in a phone call with his family on Tuesday (November 14, 2017) that he did not know there was a trial set for him before contacting his family.

Bahrain News Agency publishes report saying Manama has every right to claim Qatari land, a move considered to escalate the Gulf dispute with Qatar.

Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi stressed that Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani was a mediator in a joint Saudi-US initiative to settle the political dispute in Bahrain.

The Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said that the Qatari mediation, which Sheikh Ali Salman is now being accused of, was done with the knowledge of Saudi Arabia and organized by its foreign minister (Saud Al-Faisal).

Bahrain has charged jailed Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman with "spying" for Qatar, state prosecutors said Wednesday, after allegations he whipped up protests at Doha's request.

Bahrain’s public prosecutor charged two leaders of the country’s banned main opposition party of spying for Qatar on Wednesday, months after cutting ties with the neighboring Gulf monarchy amid a regional diplomatic row.

The Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa ordered on Tuesday (October 31, 2017) to impose entry visa on citizens and residents of Qatar.