UPDATE: Yemen becomes fifth nation to cut ties with Qatar https://t.co/MA4E80xtBq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 5, 2017
From FOX News:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the Gulf nations to work out their differences after five countries severed ties with Qatar Monday for allegedly embracing several terrorist groups and its ties with Iran.
Tillerson, speaking alongside Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Sydney, said he did not believe the diplomatic crisis would affect the war against the Islamic State.
...Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen all announced they would withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar, which is home to a major U.S. military base used for the air campaign against ISIS. Saudi Arabia also said Qatari troops would be pulled from the ongoing civil war in Yemen.
All the nations also said they planned to cut air and sea traffic. Saudi Arabia said it also would shut its land border with Qatar, effectively cutting off the country from the rest of the Arabian Peninsula.
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6 Arab nations cut diplomatic ties with Qatar amid tensions in the Gulf region https://t.co/OmgDLb1g31 pic.twitter.com/ht2Axp9y1a
— Mic (@mic) June 5, 2017
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