But Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have led the embargo campaign, show no sign they are prepared to budge. “I sincerely advise Qatar that there will not be any mediation from outside the gulf,” he posted. Doha threw its support behind Islamist revolutionaries in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE led efforts to push back against calls for change. A plot allegedly discussed by Tamim’s father in a telephone call with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi to assassinate the former king of Saudi Arabia in the early 2000s was another, he said. “They don’t want us to be independent.”With neither side showing any sign of compromise, the dispute seems set to continue indefinitely.

Source: Washington Post May 13, 2018 23:03 UTC