Qatar crisis: Coup attempts, the politics of revenge and the dream of becoming king
Gulf states claim they are besieging Qatar over Doha's support of terrorist organisations. The real motivations? Emirati revenge and a Saudi Deputy Crown Prince who wants to be king
Jamal Elshayyal Friday 9 June 2017 10:17 UTC
“It’s difficult to see how things won’t get any worse; it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.”
That was the stark warning given to me by a senior official from the Middle East who was sent by his country’s leader to try and mediate between Qatar and Saudi Arabia last week.
After visiting Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha, and Saudi’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, my contact returned to his country filled with worry.
Within 72 hours of our meeting, his pessimistic outlook was vindicated: Bahrain and Egypt followed the lead of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and severed diplomatic relations with Qatar. But that wasn’t all.
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Who knows? It sounds possible this could be about regime change.
