Islamic State militants parade in Tel Abyad, near Syria's border with Turkey. (Yaser Al-Khodor/Reuters)CAIRO – 29 May 2018: Media ministers and officials from the four Arab countries boycotting Qatar affirmed the need to thwart terrorism by publishing positive media content in a meeting on Monday in the United Arab Emirates, Sky News reported.The ministers met to discuss ways to confront media channels promoting terrorism and extremism and intervening in other countries’ affairs. The media officials had also met in August 2017.Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain announced they are severing relations with Qatar over "its continuous support for terrorism," closing their airspace and seaports for Qatari transportation in June 2017. The Arab quartet issued 13 demands to Doha – then shortened to six principles – including closing Al-Jazeera television channel, which the quartet says promotes extremism and publishes false news.In May 2017, the Egyptian authorities decided to ban 21 news websites, including HuffPost Arabi and Qatari-based Al-Jazeera, for "supporting terrorism and publishing fake news. "On Saturday, Qatar said it was banning products originating from the quartet countries.

Source: Egypt Today May 29, 2018 12:45 UTC