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UAE turns screw on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | 10:35am EDT
UAE turns screw on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
By William Maclean and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA
The United Arab Emirates tightened the squeeze on fellow Gulf state Qatar on Wednesday, threatening anyone publishing expressions of sympathy towards Doha with up to 15 years in prison and barring entry to Qataris.
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash told Reuters there would be more curbs if necessary and said Qatar needed to make ironclad commitments to change what critics say is a policy on funding Islamist militants.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday over long-standing allegations that Doha is courting Iran, which they deem the region's biggest external threat, and supporting Islamist groups, seen as the biggest internal threat.
Qatar vehemently denies the allegations. It drew some apparent support on Wednesday with officials in Ankara saying Turkey's parliament would fast-track a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar.
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UAE turns screw on Qatar, threatens sympathizers with jail
By William Maclean and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA
The United Arab Emirates tightened the squeeze on fellow Gulf state Qatar on Wednesday, threatening anyone publishing expressions of sympathy towards Doha with up to 15 years in prison and barring entry to Qataris.
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash told Reuters there would be more curbs if necessary and said Qatar needed to make ironclad commitments to change what critics say is a policy on funding Islamist militants.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday over long-standing allegations that Doha is courting Iran, which they deem the region's biggest external threat, and supporting Islamist groups, seen as the biggest internal threat.
Qatar vehemently denies the allegations. It drew some apparent support on Wednesday with officials in Ankara saying Turkey's parliament would fast-track a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Y0DH