US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has announced an agreement with Qatar targeting the financing of extremist groups. Tillerson, who is in the Middle East in an effort to help resolve Qatar’s diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, said on Tuesday the Doha government had been “reasonable” in the ongoing dispute. The four neighbors also placed 59 figures and 12 groups with alleged links to Qatar on terrorism lists. Qatar rejected the accusations and refused to meet the demands, which led to subsequent threats of additional punitive measures. Tillerson will meet foreign ministers from Qatar’s neighbors on Wednesday in Jeddah as part of a push by Washington to end the month-long crisis.

Source: Egypt Independent July 12, 2017 09:00 UTC