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Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:31:53 +0000
Saudi crown prince welcomes Qatar’s Amir to GCC summit
Qatar’s Amir landed in Saudi Arabia onboard a Qatar Airways flight on Tuesday. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Qatar’s Amir Tamim bin Hamad ahead of the GCC summit on Tuesday. The visit comes hours after the kingdom lifted...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:51:58 +0000
Saudi label Rotana deletes anti-Qatar ‘diss track’ following GCC breakthrough
Saudi Arabia starts to clean up its anti-Qatar campaign after announcing an end to the Doha blockade.  After more than three years of an illegal blockade, Kuwait confirmed that the blockade on Qatar has been lifted as of Monday evening. Hours after ...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:20:19 +0000
What we know: Details on the Qatar-Saudi agreement
The world awaits the long-anticipated signing of the deal between Qatar and Saudi Arabia at the 41st GCC Summit that would mark the end of the three-year dispute that divided the Gulf region. The Gulf region witnessed a historic announcement on Monda...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 07:00:10 +0000
Timeline: How the GCC crisis erupted over three years
It has been more than three years since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an illegal blockade on Qatar.  The Gulf region has witnessed a series of drastic changes over the past three years that fractured the unity of the Gulf Cooperat...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:01:23 +0000
BREAKING: Saudi-Qatar border opens after three-year blockade
After more than three years of an illegal air, land and sea blockade, restrictions have been lifted. Kuwait on Monday confirmed the blockade on Qatar has been lifted after more than three years of a dispute that has fractured the Gulf Cooperation Cou...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:20:26 +0000
Qatar confirms Amir Tamim to attend GCC summit in Saudi Arabia
Leaders and diplomats from the Gulf countries are expected to sign an agreement to end the GCC Crisis. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will officially be attending the 41st GCC summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the Amiri Diwan con...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:30:05 +0000
The Round Up 4 Jan 2021
Top stories on #TheRoundUp today Deal to end GCC dispute to be announced at summit Qatari-Saudi border ‘preparing to reopen’ COVID-19 vaccine age threshold lowered @udcqatar denies social media rumours about mosques in The Pearl (The post The Rou...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:16:52 +0000
Egypt’s Sisi ‘ready to open airspace’ to Qatar flights: reports
Reports released in December also suggested that the Egyptian president is expected to attend the 41st GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is willing to open his country’s airspace and restore direct flights between ...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:30:52 +0000
Qatar-Saudi land border crossing ‘preparing to reopen’: Sources
The Salwa crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar has been closed since the blockade was imposed in 2017. Employees at the shared Qatari-Saudi Abu Samra land border, also known as Salwa crossing have been preparing for an imminent reopening of the en...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 08:22:30 +0000
All Gulf leaders ‘expected to attend’ summit, says GCC official
The summit is expected to move ongoing negotiations between Doha and Riyadh to end the three-year-long dispute. The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council said in a statement that all leaders of the six member states are expected to atten...



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