One Year On, Gulf Split Is Here to Stay

Background:

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed ties with Qatar on the 5 June 2017, accusing the emirate of supporting terrorism.

The countries announced that they would halt all land, air and sea traffic with Qatar, expel its diplomats and ask Qatari citizens to leave their territory within 14 days. The countries also placed a series of demands upon Qatar and demanded a reply by early July 2017.

Qatar was a fellow member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), whose fellow members were Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Kuwait took on the role as a mediator trying to bring about a reconciliation between the two sides. Commentary feature in which the author suggested that neither Qatar nor the boycotting countries have suffered enough from the Gulf dispute to feel forced to compromise.

• Primary Source

Al Jazeera, 07.06.18: Gulf crisis one year: Qatar steps up self-sustainability https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/gulf-crisis-year-qatar-steps-self-sustainability-180607110048432.html

Al Jazeera, 05.06.18: GCC crisis at deadlock one year on https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/gcc-crisis-deadlock-year-180604151635341.html

Gulf Cooperation Council http://www.gcc-sg.org/en-us/

Wikipedia: 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis

Al Jazeera: Tag: Qatar diplomatic crisis: All the latest updates http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-latest-updates-170605105550769.html

Gulf News, 03.06.18: One year on, Qatar feels sting of isolation https://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/qatar-crisis/one-year-on-qatar-feels-sting-of-isolation-1.2230842

The Washington Post, 13.05.18: Princely feuds in the Persian Gulf thwart Trump’s efforts to resolve the Qatar dispute https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/princely-feuds-in-the-persian-gulf-thwart-trumps-efforts-to-resolve-the-qatar-dispute/2018/05/13/7853cc88-39cf-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html

ECFR: The Middle East's new battle lines (2018) http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-middle-easts-new-battle-lines/

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