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Saudi Arabia threatens to lay siege to Qatar

Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2014

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Lay Siege to Qatar: Cooperation or Confrontation?

David Hearst

Huffington Post

9th March, 2014

Saudi Arabia has threatened to blockade its neighbouring Gulf State Qatar by land and sea unless it cuts ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, closes Al Jazeera, and expels local branches of two prestigious U.S. think tanks, the Brookings Doha Center and the Rand Qatar Policy Institute.

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