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Saudi-Led Bloc Presents Qatar With List of Demands 

A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states gave Qatar a rundown of requests (AP) that incorporate decreasing ties with Iran, disjoining associations with Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood, shutting a Turkish army installation in the nation, and covering state supporter Al Jazeera and a few news outlets. The gathering of nations has given Qatar ten days to consent to the requests (WSJ) before they move toward becoming "discredited." Turkey, which has kept up bolster for Qatar, conveyed an extra two dozen military work force (VOA) and sent a payload ship of foodstuffs to the Gulf country. The rundown of requests comes three weeks after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (FT) cut ties with Qatar, blaming the nation for supporting terrorism.

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"The diplomatic crisis coincides with a period of significant political change in Saudi Arabia, the area's wealthiest economy and an attempting pioneer of a coalition of Muslim countries," Nicolas Parasie and Summer Said write for the Wall Street Journal. 

"The U.S. could have been the perfect middle person amongst Qatar and the other Gulf states. Tillerson, the previous CEO of ExxonMobil, has close individual binds to the emirate," composes CFR's Meghan L. O'Sullivan for Bloomberg View.

 "Such is the nature of the Middle East that while it is entirely true that the Qataris are difficult partners and pursue unsavory policies, that does not make them all that different from any of Washington's other Middle Eastern allies," CFR's Steven A. Cook writes for Salon.

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