Qatar diplomatic crisis#Demands on Qatar and responses

{{Main|Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict}}

{{Further|2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal|2017 Riyadh summit}}

Since he took power in 1995 as Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani believed Qatar could find security by transforming itself from a Saudi appendage to a fully sovereign state, equal to Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/middleeast/how-the-saudi-qatar-rivalry-now-combusting-reshaped-the-middle-east.html|title=How the Saudi-Qatar Rivalry, Now Combusting, Reshaped the Middle East|first=Max|last=Fisher|date=13 June 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512174843/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/middleeast/how-the-saudi-qatar-rivalry-now-combusting-reshaped-the-middle-east.html|url-status=live}} Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador to Doha from 2002 to 2008 to try to pressure Qatar to curb its individualistic tendencies. This approach broadly failed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40159080|title=Qatar row: What's caused the fall-out between Gulf neighbours?|first=Dr David|last=Roberts|date=5 June 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426094813/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40159080|url-status=live}} The Arab Spring left a power vacuum which both Saudi Arabia and Qatar sought to fill, with Qatar being supportive of the revolutionary wave and Saudi Arabia opposing it; since both states were allies of the United States, they avoid direct conflict with one another. Qatar had differences with other Arab governments on a number of issues: it broadcast Al Jazeera; it was accused of maintaining good relations with Iran; and it had supported the Muslim Brotherhood in the past.{{cite news |last1=Barnard |first1=Anne |author-link=Anne Barnard |last2=Kirkpatrick |first2=David |author-link2=David D. Kirkpatrick |date=5 June 2017 |title=5 Arab States Break Ties With Qatar, Complicating U.S. Coalition-Building |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/world/middleeast/qatar-saudi-arabia-egypt-bahrain-united-arab-emirates.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226021208/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/world/middleeast/qatar-saudi-arabia-egypt-bahrain-united-arab-emirates.html%20 |archive-date=26 December 2018}}{{cite news |author=Sengupta |first=Kim |date=12 May 2015 |title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513214636/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |archive-date=13 May 2015}}

In March 2014, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar. This severing of relations was the first of its kind since the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The crisis affected the GCC negatively at first – raising questions among member states, revealing shifts in their political agendas, and changing the balance of power in the region to some extent.{{cite journal |author=Hassan |first=Islam |date=31 March 2015 |title=GCC's 2014 Crisis: Causes, Issues and Solutions |url=https://www.academia.edu/12696782 |url-status=live |journal=Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects |publisher=Al Jazeera Research Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904020157/http://www.academia.edu/12696782/GCCs_2014_Crisis_Causes_Issues_and_Solutions |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=4 June 2015}}

The exact reasons for the break in diplomatic relations in 2017 are unclear, but contemporary news coverage primarily attributed it to several events in April and May 2017.

{{Further|2015 Qatari hunters kidnapping}}

In April 2017, Qatar was involved in a deal with both Sunni and Shi'ite militants in Iraq and Syria. The deal had two goals. The immediate goal was to secure the return of 26 Qatari hostages (including Qatari royals) who had been kidnapped by Shi'ite militants while falcon hunting in southern Iraq and kept in captivity for more than 16 months.{{cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=David|title=A Dustup in the Gulf|journal=Foreign Affairs|date=June 2017|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2017-06-13/dustup-gulf|url-access=subscription|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522063447/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2017-06-13/dustup-gulf|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/world/middleeast/big-ransom-and-syria-deals-win-release-of-royal-qatari-hunters.html|title=Big Ransom and Syria Deals Win Release of Royal Qatari Hunters|first=Tim|last=Arango|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 April 2017|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=7 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607045823/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/world/middleeast/big-ransom-and-syria-deals-win-release-of-royal-qatari-hunters.html|url-status=live}} The second goal was to get both Sunni and Shi'ite militants in Syria to allow humanitarian aid to pass through and allow the safe evacuation of civilians. According to The New York Times, this deal allowed the evacuation of at least 2,000 civilians from the Syrian village of Madaya alone. What outraged Saudi Arabia and the UAE was the amount of money Qatar paid to secure the deal. According to the Financial Times, Qatar paid $700 million to multiple Iranian-backed Shi'a militias in Iraq, $120–140 million to Tahrir al-Sham, and $80 million to Ahrar al-Sham.{{cite news |first=Erika |last=Solomon |url=https://www.ft.com/content/dd033082-49e9-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 |title=The $1bn hostage deal that enraged Qatar's Gulf rivals: Doha reportedly paid al-Qaeda affiliate and Iran to win release of royal hunting party |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605210800/https://www.ft.com/content/dd033082-49e9-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43|archive-date=5 June 2017 |work=Financial Times |date=5 June 2017}}

File:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump, and Donald Trump, May 2017.jpg, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the 2017 Riyadh Summit. The meeting is cited as one of the catalysts for the crisis.]]

As part of the Riyadh Summit in late May 2017, many world leaders, including US President Donald Trump visited the region. Trump gave strong support for Saudi Arabia's efforts in fighting against states and groups allied with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, leading to an arms deal between the countries. Business Insider reported that "Elliott Broidy a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump; and George Nader, Broidy's business partner ... pushed for anti-Qatar policies at the highest levels of government, and expected large consulting contracts from Saudi Arabia and the UAE."{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Desmond |last2=LoBianco |first2=Tom |date=21 May 2018 |title=How a top Trump fundraiser spent a year cultivating 2 crown princes to nail $1 billion in business |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/george-nader-elliott-broidy-trump-middle-east-uae-qatar-saudi-arabia-mueller-2018-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106095230/https://www.businessinsider.com/george-nader-elliott-broidy-trump-middle-east-uae-qatar-saudi-arabia-mueller-2018-5 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |access-date=3 June 2018 |website=Business Insider}} Trump's support may have induced other Sunni states to fall in line with Saudi Arabia to take a stance against Qatar. Trump's public support for Saudi Arabia, according to The New York Times, emboldened the kingdom and sent a chill through other Gulf states, including Oman and Kuwait, for fear that any country that defies the Saudis or the United Arab Emirates could face ostracism as Qatar had.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/world/middleeast/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia-middle-east.html|title=Trump Has Busy Day in Vortex of Middle East Relations|first1=David E. |last1=Sanger |first2=Mark|last2=Landler|first3=Eric|last3=Schmitt|date=7 June 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624053644/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/world/middleeast/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia-middle-east.html|url-status=live}} The Saudi-led move was at once an opportunity for the GCC partners and Egypt to punish their adversaries in Doha, to please their allies in Washington, and to remove attention from their own shortcomings and challenges.{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Philip |last2=Yadlin |first2=Amos |last3=Heistein |first3=Ari |date=13 June 2017 |title=The Qatar Crisis: Causes, Implications, Risks, and the Need for Compromise |url=http://www.inss.org.il/publication/qatar-crisis-causes-implications-risks-need-compromise/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015120038/http://www.inss.org.il/publication/qatar-crisis-causes-implications-risks-need-compromise/ |archive-date=15 October 2017 |access-date=27 June 2017 |website=Institute for National Security Studies}}

According to Qatar-based Al Jazeera and the American FBI, the Qatar News Agency website and other government media platforms were hacked in May 2017 resulting in postings on the official Qatar News Agency website of faked remarks attributed to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, expressing support for Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/saudi-arabia-uae-egypt-bahrain-cut-ties-qatar-170605031700062.html|title=Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain cut ties to Qatar|date=5 June 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-date=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617002317/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/saudi-arabia-uae-egypt-bahrain-cut-ties-qatar-170605031700062.html|url-status=live}} The emir was quoted as saying: "Iran represents a regional and Islamic power that cannot be ignored and it is unwise to face up against it. It is a big power in the stabilization of the region."{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/hack-fake-story-expose-real-tensions-between-qatar-gulf/|title=Hack, fake story expose real tensions between Qatar, Gulf|agency=Fox News|date=23 May 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709233509/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/23/qatar-says-state-news-website-hacked-fake-article-published.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Goujon |first=Reva |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Trump's 'Arab NATO' Vision is a Desert Mirage |url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/article/trumps-arab-nato-vision-desert-mirage |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316185839/https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/trumps-arab-nato-vision-desert-mirage |archive-date=16 March 2020 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Stratfor}} Qatar reported that the statements were false and did not know their origin. Despite this, the remarks were widely publicized in the various non-Qatari Arab news media, including UAE-based Sky News Arabia and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya. On 3 June 2017, the Twitter account of Bahraini foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa was hacked.{{cite news|url=https://phys.org/news/2017-06-bahrain-minister-briefly-hacked-qatar.html|title=Bahrain minister briefly hacked after Qatar cyber attack|publisher=Phys.org|date=3 June 2017|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-date=18 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718222901/https://phys.org/news/2017-06-bahrain-minister-briefly-hacked-qatar.html|url-status=live}}

Initially, alleged intelligence gathered by US security agencies indicated that Russian hackers were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qataris.{{cite news |author=Prokupecz |first1=Shimon |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |date=6 June 2017 |title=US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis |agency=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-qatar-crisis/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926151605/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-qatar-crisis/index.html |archive-date=26 September 2018}}{{cite news |author=Wintour |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Wintour |date=7 June 2017 |title=Russian hackers to blame for sparking Qatar crisis, FBI inquiry finds |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/russian-hackers-qatar-crisis-fbi-inquiry-saudi-arabia-uae |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122135807/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/russian-hackers-qatar-crisis-fbi-inquiry-saudi-arabia-uae |archive-date=22 November 2017}} However, a US official briefed on the inquiry told The New York Times that it "was unclear whether the hackers were state-sponsored",{{cite news |author=Landler |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Landler |date=6 June 2017 |title=Trump Takes Credit for Saudi Move Against Qatar, a U.S. Military Partner |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/middleeast/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125001035/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/middleeast/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia.html |archive-date=25 January 2018}} and The Guardian diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour reported that "it is believed that the Russian government was not involved in the hacks; instead, freelance hackers were paid to undertake the work on behalf of some other state or individual." A US diplomat said that Russia and its ally Iran stood to benefit from sowing discord among US allies in the region, "particularly if they made it more difficult for the United States to use Qatar as a major base." The FBI sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari government investigate the hacking incident.{{cite web |url=https://mofa.gov.qa/en/all-mofa-news/details/2017/06/07/ministry-of-the-interior-statement-on-piracy-crime-on-qatar-news-agency-website |title=Ministry of the Interior Statement on Piracy Crime on Qatar News Agency Website |publisher=mofa.gov.qa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621122056/https://mofa.gov.qa/en/all-mofa-news/details/2017/06/07/ministry-of-the-interior-statement-on-piracy-crime-on-qatar-news-agency-website |archive-date=21 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The New York Times later reported that the hacking incidents may be part of a long-running cyberwar between Qatar and other Gulf countries that was only revealed to the public during the recent incidents, and they noted how Saudi and UAE media picked up the statement made by the hacked media in less than 20 minutes and began interviewing many well-prepared commentators against Qatar.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/middleeast/qatar-cyberattack-espionage-for-hire.html |title=Hacking in Qatar Highlights a Shift Toward Espionage-for-Hire |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. |date=8 June 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 June 2017 |last2=Frenkel |first2=Sheera |issn=0362-4331 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610221221/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/middleeast/qatar-cyberattack-espionage-for-hire.html |archive-date=10 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

US intelligence agencies believe that the hacking was done by the United Arab Emirates, according to a Washington Post report published on 16 July.{{cite news |last1=DeYoung |first1=Karen |last2=Nakashima |first2=Ellen |date=16 July 2017 |title=UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/uae-hacked-qatari-government-sites-sparking-regional-upheaval-according-to-us-intelligence-officials/2017/07/16/00c46e54-698f-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729180340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/uae-hacked-qatari-government-sites-sparking-regional-upheaval-according-to-us-intelligence-officials/2017/07/16/00c46e54-698f-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html |archive-date=29 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The intelligence officials stated that the hacking was discussed among Emirati officials on 23 May, one day before the operation took place.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/uae-arranged-hacking-qatari-media-washington-post-170717004353563.html |title=UAE arranged hacking of Qatari media: Washington Post |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=16 July 2017 |access-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827000653/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/uae-arranged-hacking-qatari-media-washington-post-170717004353563.html |archive-date=27 August 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The UAE denied any involvement in the hacking.{{cite web |last1=Qiblawi |first1=Tamara |last2=Dewan |first2=Angela |date=27 July 2017 |title=UAE denies Washington Post report it orchestrated Qatar hack |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/middleeast/uae-qatar-report/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827215835/http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/middleeast/uae-qatar-report/index.html |archive-date=27 August 2017 |access-date=27 August 2017 |publisher=CNN |df=dmy-all}} It was announced on 26 August 2017, that five individuals allegedly involved in the hacking were arrested in Turkey.{{cite web |last=Kalin |first=Stephen |date=26 August 2017 |editor-last=Gaunt |editor-first=Jeremy |title=Qatar says five suspects in news agency hacking detained in Turkey |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-cyber-idUSKCN1B608L |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827034414/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-cyber-idUSKCN1B608L |archive-date=27 August 2017 |access-date=27 August 2017 |work=Reuters |df=dmy-all}}

A former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA), David Evenden, was hired by the UAE to work at the cyberespionage firm CyberPoint. The Emirates signaled a green flag to Evenden and his team to run hacking operations against Qatar, in order to scavenge substance that Qatar has been involved in funding the Muslim Brotherhood at some point in time. In its major stratagem against Qatar, the UAE allowed Evenden and the network of other former NSA employees to neglect rationalizations and fetch confidential data. This team at CyberPoint carried out several global hacking attempts, including against the Qatari royals, the officials at FIFA, and even the Internet critics of the UAE. In 2015, the Emirates, using these NSA employees, hacked the emails of Michelle Obama, before her scheduled visit to an event in Qatar. Mrs. Obama was invited by Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. The email hack provided the UAE with every piece of information exchanged between the two women and their staff.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html|title=How the United States Lost to Hackers|access-date=6 February 2021|website=The New York Times|date=6 February 2021|last1=Perlroth|first1=Nicole|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211227151210/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html|url-status=live}}

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In May 2017, the email account of the UAE ambassador to the US, Yousef Al-Otaiba, was hacked. The emails were seen by the Huffington Post as an attempt "to embarrass" Al Otaiba because they showed links between the UAE and the US-based pro-Israel Foundation for Defense of Democracies.{{cite news |title=Someone Is Using These Leaked Emails To Embarrass Washington's Most Powerful Ambassador |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/otaiba-ambassador-uae-leaked-emails_us_5932bf04e4b02478cb9bec1c |date=3 June 2017 |first=Akbar Shahid |last=Ahmed |work=HuffPost |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603233228/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/otaiba-ambassador-uae-leaked-emails_us_5932bf04e4b02478cb9bec1c |archive-date=3 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The hack was seen as a move benefitting Qatar, which further deepened the rift between the two sides.{{cite news |title=What is behind the extraordinary Gulf dispute with Qatar? |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3c6b7224-49d0-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 |newspaper=Financial Times |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703000219/https://www.ft.com/content/3c6b7224-49d0-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 |archive-date=3 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |title=ANALYSIS: UAE envoy's hacked emails and Qatar's escalating Gulf rift |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/06/04/ANALYSIS-UAE-envoy-s-hacked-emails-and-Qatar-s-escalating-Gulf-rift-.html |date=4 June 2017 |publisher=Al Arabiya |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731203753/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/06/04/ANALYSIS-UAE-envoy-s-hacked-emails-and-Qatar-s-escalating-Gulf-rift-.html |archive-date=31 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The Intercept reported that Yousef al-Otaiba had been linked to buying influence for UAE-led campaigns in the White House.{{cite news |last1=Jilani |first1=Zaid |last2=Emmons |first2=Alex |date=5 June 2017 |title=Why UAE ambassador is so much influential in DC |newspaper=The Intercept |url=https://theintercept.com/2017/07/30/uae-yousef-otaiba-cnas-american-progress-michele-flournoy-drone |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730133741/https://theintercept.com/2017/07/30/uae-yousef-otaiba-cnas-american-progress-michele-flournoy-drone/ |archive-date=30 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

Between 5 and 6 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Yemen, Egypt, the Maldives, and Bahrain all separately announced that they were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar; among these Bahrain was the first to announce the severing of ties at 02:50 GMT in the early morning of 5 June.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/qatar-gulf-crisis-questions-answered-170606103033599.html |title=Qatar-Gulf crisis: Your questions answered |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728112951/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/qatar-gulf-crisis-questions-answered-170606103033599.html |archive-date=28 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Why Saudi Arabia and six other countries have cut ties with Qatar |url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/why-saudi-arabia-and-six-other-countries-have-cut-ties-with-qatar/news-story/b758105a63a70df40b73211e0395d550 |work=News.com.au |access-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607004931/http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/why-saudi-arabia-and-six-other-countries-have-cut-ties-with-qatar/news-story/b758105a63a70df40b73211e0395d550 |archive-date=7 June 2017 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829 |title=Qatar row: Five countries cut links with Doha |date=5 June 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605041425/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829 |archive-date=5 June 2017 }}
{{cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. |last2=Barnard |first2=Anne |url=https://www.academia.edu/33408516 |title=Terrorist Attacks Pour Gas on Saudi- Iranian Rivalry and Gulf Tensions |work=Eurasia Diary |date=7 June 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727235532/http://www.academia.edu/33408516/Terrorist_Attacks_Pour_Gas_on_Saudi-_Iranian_Rivalry_and_Gulf_Tensions |archive-date=27 July 2017 }}{{Cite news |last= |date=5 June 2017 |title=Saudi Arabia Accuses Qatar of Backing Terrorism, Cuts Ties |publisher=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-saudi-arabia-among-gulf-states-cutting-ties-qatar-n768161 |url-status=live |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605044937/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-saudi-arabia-among-gulf-states-cutting-ties-qatar-n768161 |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/05/saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-break-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar-over-terrorism |title=Gulf plunged into diplomatic crisis as countries cut ties with Qatar |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=5 June 2017|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605042514/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/05/saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-break-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar-over-terrorism|archive-date=5 June 2017|url-status=live |newspaper=The Guardian |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria |first=Kim |last=Sengupta |newspaper=The Independent |date=12 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513214636/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |archive-date=13 May 2015 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.academia.edu/33408451 |title=Qatar Pursues an Independent Foreign Policy that Clashes with the Saudi's Strategic Interests |work=Eurasia Diary |date=8 June 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727225548/http://www.academia.edu/33408451/Qatar_Pursues_an_Independent_Foreign_Policy_that_Clashes_with_the_Saudis_Strategic_Interests.pdf |archive-date=27 July 2017 }}
{{cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first2=David D. |last2=Barnard |first1=Anne |url=https://www.academia.edu/33408516 |title=Terrorist Attacks Pour Gas on Saudi- Iranian Rivalry and Gulf Tensions |work=Eurasia Diary |date=7 June 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727235532/http://www.academia.edu/33408516/Terrorist_Attacks_Pour_Gas_on_Saudi-_Iranian_Rivalry_and_Gulf_Tensions |archive-date=27 July 2017 }}

A variety of diplomatic actions were taken. Saudi Arabia and the UAE notified ports and shipping agents not to receive Qatari vessels or ships owned by Qatari companies or individuals. Saudi Arabia closed the border with Qatar. Saudi Arabia closed its airspace to Qatar Airways. Instead, Qatar was forced to reroute flights to Africa and Europe through Iranian airspace.{{cite news |last=Nasseri |first=Ladane |date=6 June 2017 |title=Saudi-led Rupture With Qatar Pushes Nation into Iran's Embrace |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-06/saudi-led-rupture-with-qatar-pushes-nation-into-iran-s-embrace |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607085920/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-06/saudi-led-rupture-with-qatar-pushes-nation-into-iran-s-embrace |archive-date=7 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} Saudi Arabia's central bank advised banks not to trade with Qatari banks in Qatari riyals.{{Cite news |date=2017-06-06 |title=Saudi central bank tells banks not to trade with Qatar banks in Qatari riyals: sources |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-saudi-banks-idUSKBN18X0S9 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175217/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-saudi-banks-idUSKBN18X0S9 |archive-date=3 October 2017}} Additionally, Qatari citizens in those countries were required to return home to Qatar within two weeks. All GCC countries involved in the announcement ordered their citizens out of Qatar.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/8257ce650e224188a1884e34eabb5e90/4-Arab-nations-cut-diplomatic-ties-to-Qatar-as-rift-deepens |title=Arab nations cut ties with Qatar in new Mideast crisis |last=Gambrell |first=Jon |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625070305/https://www.apnews.com/8257ce650e224188a1884e34eabb5e90/4-Arab-nations-cut-diplomatic-ties-to-Qatar-as-rift-deepens |archive-date=25 June 2017 |url-status=live |work=Associated Press |df=dmy-all}} Three Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain) gave Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their countries.{{cite news |agency=Reuters/AFP/AP |title=Saudi, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain and Yemen isolate Qatar over 'terrorism' as rift deepens |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1337555/saudi-egypt-uae-bahrain-and-yemen-isolate-qatar-over-terrorism-as-rift-deepens |access-date=5 June 2017 |newspaper=Dawn |date=5 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605090748/https://www.dawn.com/news/1337555/saudi-egypt-uae-bahrain-and-yemen-isolate-qatar-over-terrorism-as-rift-deepens |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The foreign ministries of Bahrain and Egypt gave Qatari diplomats 48 hours to leave.{{cite news |title=Qatar: 'No justification' for cutting diplomatic ties |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-justification-cutting-diplomatic-ties-170605073154112.html |date=5 June 2017 |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605091658/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-justification-cutting-diplomatic-ties-170605073154112.html |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} Qatar was expelled from the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and Yemen's government itself cut ties. Kuwait and Oman remained neutral.{{cite news |last1=Al Rifai |first1=Nada |last2=McGinley |first2=Shane |date=6 June 2017 |title=Kuwait and Oman: As they remain silent on the Qatar-Gulf rift, what does this mean for them? |pages= |work=Zawya |url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Kuwait_and_Oman_As_they_remain_silent_on_the_QatarGulf_rift_what_does_this_mean_for_them-ZAWYA20170606110347/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606143751/https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Kuwait_and_Oman_As_they_remain_silent_on_the_QatarGulf_rift_what_does_this_mean_for_them-ZAWYA20170606110347/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

The Foreign Ministry of Qatar criticized the ban, arguing that it undermined Qatar's sovereignty. The foreign minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said that Saudi statements regarding Qatar were contradictory: on the one hand, Saudi Arabia claimed Qatar was supporting Iran, on the other hand, it claimed Qatar was funding Sunni extremists fighting against Iran.{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Katie |last2=Roberts |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Brown |first3=Victoria |date=June 6, 2017 |title=Qatar: We're 'willing to talk' to resolve diplomatic crisis |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/middleeast/qatar-diplomatic-crisis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606101325/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/middleeast/qatar-diplomatic-crisis/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

The Tobruk-based government of Libya claimed to have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar despite having had no actual diplomatic relations with that country.{{Cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Katie |last2=Roberts |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Brown |first3=Victoria |date=6 June 2017 |title=Qatar: We're 'willing to talk' to resolve diplomatic crisis |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/middleeast/qatar-diplomatic-crisis/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606113452/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/middleeast/qatar-diplomatic-crisis/index.html |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |last1=al-Warfalli |first1=Ayman |last2=Lewis |first2=Aidan |date=5 June 2017 |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Gareth |title=Libya's eastern-based government cuts diplomatic ties with Qatar |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-libya-idUSKBN18W11M |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619142529/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-libya-idUSKBN18W11M |archive-date=19 June 2017 |website=Reuters |agency= |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |url=https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/06/05/beida-government-cuts-off-diplomatic-relations-with-qatar/ |title=Beida government cuts off diplomatic relations with Qatar |last=Prentis |first=Jamie |date=5 June 2017 |work=Libya Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613002409/https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/06/05/beida-government-cuts-off-diplomatic-relations-with-qatar/ |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}} The semi-autonomous Somali regions of Puntland, Hirshabelle, and Galmudug each issued statements cutting ties with Qatar, in opposition to the neutral stance of the federal government of Somalia.{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/somalia-rebukes-states-breaking-qatar-170922021127727.html |title=Somalia chides its regions for cutting ties with Qatar |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=22 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929184134/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/somalia-rebukes-states-breaking-qatar-170922021127727.html |archive-date=29 September 2017 |df=dmy-all}} Other countries made statements condemning Qatar, including Gabon{{cite news |last1=Diagana |first1=Kissima |last2=Cocks |first2=Tim |date=6 June 2017 |title=Mauritania breaks diplomatic ties with Qatar, Gabon voices condemnation |work=Reuters |editor-last=Tait |editor-first=Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-mauritania-idUSKBN18X2ZH |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607193940/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-mauritania-idUSKBN18X2ZH |archive-date=7 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} and Eritrea.{{cite news |title=Eritrea sides with Gulf nations against Qatar |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1113951/middle-east |access-date=13 June 2017 |work=Arab News |agency=Associated Press |date=12 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613075605/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1113951/middle-east |archive-date=13 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

On 22 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain issued Qatar a list of 13 demands through Kuwaiti mediation, requiring Qatar to agree within 10 days (2 July 2017). According to reports on 23 June, the demands included:{{cite news |last1=Maclean |first1=William |last2=El Gamal |first2=Rania |last3=Finn |first3=Tom |date=23 June 2017 |title=Arab states issue ultimatum to Qatar: close Jazeera, curb ties with Iran |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-demands-idUSKBN19E0BB |url-status=live |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623043201/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-demands-idUSKBN19E0BB |archive-date=23 June 2017}}{{cite news|last=Wintour|first=Patrick|title=Qatar given 10 days to meet 13 sweeping demands by Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/close-al-jazeera-saudi-arabia-issues-qatar-with-13-demands-to-end-blockade|access-date=24 June 2017|work=The Guardian|date=23 June 2017|archive-date=11 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611221415/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/close-al-jazeera-saudi-arabia-issues-qatar-with-13-demands-to-end-blockade|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=McKernan |first=Bethan |date=7 June 2017 |title=Qatar crisis: Saudi Arabia insists Gulf country must meet its demands 'soon' |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/qatar-crisis-saudi-arabia-insists-150444797.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175457/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/qatar-crisis-saudi-arabia-insists-150444797.html |archive-date=3 October 2017 |website=Yahoo News |df=dmy-all}}

• Closing Al Jazeera and its affiliate stations.
• Closing other news outlets that Qatar funds, directly and indirectly, including Arabi21, Rassd, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and Middle East Eye.
• Closing the Turkish military base in Qatar, and terminating the Turkish military presence and any joint military cooperation with Turkey inside Qatar.
• Reducing diplomatic relations with Iran. Only trade and commerce with Iran that complies with US and international sanctions were to be permitted.{{cite news |last= |date=23 June 2017 |title=What are the 13 demands given to Qatar? |work=Gulf News |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/qatar-crisis/what-are-the-13-demands-given-to-qatar-1.2048118 |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630080525/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/qatar-crisis/what-are-the-13-demands-given-to-qatar-1.2048118 |archive-date=30 June 2017}}
• Expelling any members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and cutting off military and intelligence cooperation with Iran.{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/arab-states-issue-list-demands-qatar-crisis-170623022133024.html|title=Arab states issue list of demands to end Qatar crisis|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=11 July 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524042034/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/arab-states-issue-list-demands-qatar-crisis-170623022133024.html|url-status=live}}
• "Severing ties with terrorist, ideological and sectarian organizations including the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Jabhat Fateh al Sham, formerly al Qaeda's branch in Syria", according to one Arab official, who insisted Qatar must announce its compliance.
• Surrendering all designated terrorists in Qatar, and stopping all means of funding for individuals, groups or organisations that have been designated as terrorists.
• Ending interference in the four countries' domestic and foreign affairs and having contact with their political oppositions.
• Stopping granting citizenship to wanted nationals from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain.
• Revoking Qatari citizenship for existing nationals where such citizenship violates those countries' laws.
• Paying reparations for years of alleged wrongs.
• Submitting to monitoring for 10 years.
• Aligning itself with the other Gulf and Arab countries militarily, politically, socially and economically, as well as on economic matters, in line with an agreement reached with Saudi Arabia in 2014.

According to a report by the Qatar-endowed Al Jazeera, "Qatari officials immediately dismissed the document as neither reasonable [nor] actionable." Iran denounced the blockade. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that some of the demands would be very hard to meet but encouraged further dialogue.{{cite news |title=Iran: Hassan Rouhani condemns 'siege of Qatar' |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/25/iran-hassan-rouhani-condemns-siege-of-qatar |url-status=live |access-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629232954/http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2017/06/iran-hassan-rouhani-condemns-siege-qatar-170625174347048.html |archive-date=29 June 2017}}

On 3 July, Saudi Arabia accepted a Kuwaiti request for the deadline to be extended by 48 hours.{{cite news|title=Saudi-bloc gives Qatar 48 more hours to accept demands|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/qatar-formally-respond-saudi-led-list-monday-170702202036876.html|access-date=2 December 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=3 July 2017|archive-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703011755/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/qatar-formally-respond-saudi-led-list-monday-170702202036876.html|url-status=live}}

On 5 July, foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain met in Cairo after receiving a response from Qatar to their list of demands. The meeting, intended to resolve the dispute, ended in a stalemate when Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the political and economic boycott of Qatar would remain until it changed its policies.{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/saudi-led-group-qatar-demands-170705144209453.html|title=Saudi-led group: Qatar not serious about demands|agency=Al Jazeera|date=6 July 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517081344/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/saudi-led-group-qatar-demands-170705144209453.html|url-status=live}} Also on the same day, the Saudi-led bloc withdrew its insistence on compliance with the 13 specific demands of the previous month, instead asking Qatar to accept six broad principles, which included commitments to combat terrorism and extremism and to end acts of provocation and incitement.{{cite news |date=19 July 2017 |title=Saudi-led Bloc modifies demands to end Qatar crisis |publisher=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40654023 |url-status=live |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727102552/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40654023 |archive-date=27 July 2017}}

However, by 30 July 2017, the 13 demands had been reinstated.{{cite news|last1=Feteha|first1=Ahmed|last2=MacDonald|first2=Fiona|last3=El-Tablawy|first3=Tarek|title=Qatar Crisis Is Back to Square One as Economy Shows the Strain|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-30/saudi-bloc-ministers-meet-to-discuss-next-step-in-qatar-crisis|access-date=8 September 2017|agency=Bloomberg|date=31 July 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731230806/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-30/saudi-bloc-ministers-meet-to-discuss-next-step-in-qatar-crisis|url-status=live}} In the meantime, a joint statement was made in Cairo in order to restart the negotiation process with Qatar, which included six principles:{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Taimur |date=19 July 2017 |title=Arab countries' six principles for Qatar 'a measure to restart the negotiation process' |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/gcc/arab-countries-six-principles-for-qatar-a-measure-to-restart-the-negotiation-process-1.610314 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218061105/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/gcc/arab-countries-six-principles-for-qatar-a-measure-to-restart-the-negotiation-process-1.610314 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=The National News}}

• Commitment to combat extremism and terrorism in all its forms and to prevent their financing or the provision of safe havens.
• Prohibiting all acts of incitement and all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred and violence.
• Full commitment to the Riyadh Agreement 2013 and the supplementary agreement and its executive mechanism for 2014 within the framework of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States.
• Commitment to all the outcomes of the Arab-Islamic-US Summit held in Riyadh in May 2017.
• To refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of States and from supporting illegal entities.
• The responsibility of all States of the international community to confront all forms of extremism and terrorism as a threat to international peace and security.

On May 20, 2017 during the Riyadh Summit, Saudi and Emirati leaders held a private dinner with Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to inform them of their plan to blockade Qatar.Wong, Edward, and Sharon LaFraniere. “[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/rex-tillerson-trump.html Tillerson Says Kushner Bypassed Him and Mattis to Make Foreign Policy]", New York Times. June 27, 2019.United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. "[https://archive.org/details/6174065-Tillerson-Transcript-Interview-5-21-19/page/n85/mode/1up Interview of: Rex Tillerson]". May 21, 2019.

File:Donald Trump meets with the Emir of Qatar (Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani), May 2017.jpg Donald Trump with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, May 2017.]]

File:Secretary Tillerson is Escorted to his Meeting With the Emir of Qatar (35088035863).jpg being escorted to his meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani on July 11, 2017.]]

United States President Donald Trump claimed credit for engineering the diplomatic crisis in a series of tweets.{{cite news |publisher=BBC |title=Qatar row: Trump claims credit for isolation |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40175935 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607013027/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40175935 |archive-date=7 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} On 6 June, Trump began by tweeting: "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar – look!"{{cite tweet |user=realDonaldTrump |last=Trump |first=Donald J. |number=872062159789985792 |date=6 June 2017 |title=During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar – look! |link=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872062159789985792 |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606120637/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872062159789985792 |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status= live}} An hour and a half later, he remarked on Twitter that it was "good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding extremism, and all references{{sic}} were pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!"{{cite tweet |user=realDonaldTrump |last=Trump |first=Donald J. |number=872084870620520448 |date=6 June 2017 |title=So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding... |link=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872084870620520448 |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606133708/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872084870620520448 |archive-date= 6 June 2017 |url-status= live}}{{cite tweet |user=realDonaldTrump |last=Trump |first=Donald J. |number=872086906804240384 |date=6 June 2017 |title=...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism! |link=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872086906804240384 |access-date= 7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606134456/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872086906804240384 |archive-date= 6 June 2017 |url-status=live}} This was in contrast to attempts by the Pentagon and the Department of State to remain neutral. The Pentagon praised Qatar for hosting the Al Udeid Air Base and for its "enduring commitment to regional security." US Ambassador to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith, sent a similar message.{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Phil |date=6 June 2017 |title=U.S. military praises Qatar, despite Trump tweet |work=Reuters |editor-last=Dalgleish |editor-first=James |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-usa-pentagon-idUSKBN18X2G2 |url-status=live |access-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607190432/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-usa-pentagon-idUSKBN18X2G2 |archive-date=7 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |last1=Gaouette |first1=Nicole |last2=Starr |first2=Barbara |date=June 6, 2017 |title=Trump appears to take credit for Gulf nations' move against Qatar |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-qatar-ideology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607002540/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-qatar-ideology/ |archive-date=7 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} Earlier, the US Secretary of State had taken a neutral stance and called for dialogue.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/05/tillerson-says-break-with-qatar-by-saudi-arabia-others-wont-affect-counter-terrorism.html |title=Tillerson says break with Qatar by Saudi Arabia, others won't affect counter-terrorism |date=5 June 2017 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605081330/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/05/tillerson-says-break-with-qatar-by-saudi-arabia-others-wont-affect-counter-terrorism.html |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} On the same day, Trump also had a phone call with Saudi King Salman and rejected a Saudi proposal to invade Qatar. Instead, the United States requested Kuwaiti mediation with the goal of resolving the conflict.{{cite web |last=Neubauer |first=Sigurd |date=6 August 2020 |title=How Israel Emerged as an Unlikely Peacemaker in the Middle East |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/06/how-israel-emerged-as-an-unlikely-peacemaker-in-the-middle-east/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807110233/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/06/how-israel-emerged-as-an-unlikely-peacemaker-in-the-middle-east/ |archive-date=7 August 2020 |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=Foreign Policy}}

On 8 June, President Donald Trump, during a phone call with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, offered to act as a mediator in the conflict with a White House meeting between the parties if necessary.{{cite news |last1=Gaouette |first1=Nicole |last2=Browne |first2=Ryan |title=Trump reverses course in Qatar call |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/trump-qatar-call/index.html |access-date=8 June 2017 |publisher=CNN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608070721/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/trump-qatar-call/index.html |archive-date=8 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The offer was declined, and a Qatari official stated, "The emir has no plans to leave Qatar while the country is under a blockade."{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Tom |date=8 June 2017 |title=Qatar vows no surrender in Gulf crisis as U.S., Kuwait seek solution |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Z1C9 |url-status=live |access-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608113447/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Z1C9 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} On 9 June, Trump once again put the blame on Qatar, calling the blockade "hard but necessary" while claiming that Qatar had been funding terrorism at a "very high level" and described the country as having an "extremist ideology in terms of funding."{{cite news |last1=Mindock |first1=Clark |title=Donald Trump accuses Qatar of funding terrorism 'at very high level' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-qatar-terrorism-funding-saudi-arabia-gulf-accusation-very-high-level-a7782896.html |access-date=10 June 2017 |newspaper=The Independent |date=10 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609204835/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-qatar-terrorism-funding-saudi-arabia-gulf-accusation-very-high-level-a7782896.html |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} This statement was in conflict with Secretary of State Tillerson's comments on the same day, which called on Gulf states to ease the blockade.{{Cite magazine |last=Berenson |first=Tessa |date=2017-06-09 |title=President Trump Just Directly Contradicted His Secretary of State |url=https://time.com/4813247/donald-trump-contradict-rex-tillerson-qatar/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609213250/http://time.com/4813247/donald-trump-contradict-rex-tillerson-qatar/ |archive-date=9 June 2017 |access-date=2023-04-02 |magazine=Time |language=en}} In 13 June 2017 after meeting with Tillerson in Washington, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir stated that there was "no blockade" and "what we have done is we have denied them use of our airspace, and this is our sovereign right," and that the King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Relief would send food or medical aid to Qatar if needed. The following day, Trump authorized the sale of $12 billion of U.S. weapons to Qatar.{{Cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Margaret |last2=Atwood |first2=Kylie |date=15 June 2017 |title=Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sells-qatar-12-billion-arms-days-after-accusing-it-of-funding-terrorism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119220411/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sells-qatar-12-billion-arms-days-after-accusing-it-of-funding-terrorism/ |archive-date=19 January 2020 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/qatar-buys-12b-u-s-jets-days-after-trump-says-n772691|title=Qatar Buys U.S. F-15s Days After Trump Says Country Funds Terrorism|website=NBC News |date=15 June 2017 }} According to The Intercept, Saudi Arabia and the UAE lobbied Trump to fire Rex Tillerson because he "intervened to stop a secret Saudi-led, UAE-backed plan to invade and essentially conquer Qatar."{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Emmons |title=Saudi Arabia Planned to Invade Qatar Last Summer. Rex Tillerson's Efforts to Stop It May Have Cost Him His Job. |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/rex-tillerson-qatar-saudi-uae/ |work=The Intercept |date=1 August 2018 |access-date=11 September 2019 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013081531/https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/rex-tillerson-qatar-saudi-uae/ |url-status=live }}

On 21 June 2017, Trump told a crowd in Iowa that "We cannot let these incredibly rich nations fund radical Islamic terror or terrorism of any kind", noting that after his visit to Riyadh in May 2017 to meet with Saudi King Salman and urge an end to terror funding, "He has taken it to heart. And now they're fighting with other countries that have been funding terrorism. And I think we had a huge impact."{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/conway-special-elections-a-reaffirmation-of-trumps-agenda-sekulow-investigation-should-include-comeys-leak/ |title=Conway: Special elections a reaffirmation of Trump's agenda; Sekulow: Investigation should include Comey's leak |website=Fox News |date=21 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630215456/http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/06/21/conway-special-elections-reaffirmation-trumps-agenda-sekulow-investigation-should-include-comeys-leak.html |archive-date=30 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-qatar-list-20170623-story.html |title=Will Qatar agree to Arab countries' new list of demands? Unlikely |first=Molly |last=Hennessy-Fiske |date=23 June 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630180620/http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-qatar-list-20170623-story.html |archive-date=30 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

File:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arriving in Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.jpg has supported Qatar in its diplomatic confrontation with a Saudi and Emirati-led bloc of countries{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170625-why-turkey-backing-qatar-diplomatic-crisis|title=Why Turkey is backing Qatar in Gulf diplomatic crisis|publisher=France 24|author=Tom Wheeldon|date=26 June 2017|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808194653/https://www.france24.com/en/20170625-why-turkey-backing-qatar-diplomatic-crisis|url-status=live}}]]

Multiple countries, the European Union{{cite web |url=http://m.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/eu-urges-talks-to-resolve-qatar-crisis-1.2063305 |title=EU urges talks to resolve Qatar crisis |work=Gulf News |date=24 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724054719/http://m.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/eu-urges-talks-to-resolve-qatar-crisis-1.2063305 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/eu-mogherini-urges-direct-talks-gulf-crisis-170723162849193.html |title=EU's Mogherini urges direct talks to end Gulf crisis |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=24 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724074239/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/eu-mogherini-urges-direct-talks-gulf-crisis-170723162849193.html |archive-date=24 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}} and the United Nations{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18559.doc.htm |title=Deeply Concerned by Middle East Situation, Secretary-General Encourages Diplomacy to Avoid Escalating Tensions {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|publisher=United Nations|language=en|access-date=8 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721023828/http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18559.doc.htm|archive-date=21 July 2017|df=dmy-all}} called for resolution of the diplomatic crisis through dialogue:

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• {{flag|Canada}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/amid-qatar-boycott-canadian-firms-urged-to-consider-alternative-plans/article35240109/|title=Amid Qatar boycott, Canadian firms urged to consider alternative plans|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630201633/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/amid-qatar-boycott-canadian-firms-urged-to-consider-alternative-plans/article35240109/|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|China}}{{cite web |url=http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3N1J221D |title=Amid Qatar crisis, China tells Iran that Gulf stability is best |work=Reuters |access-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609002054/http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3N1J221D |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Ethiopia}}{{cite news |title=Ethiopia Vows to Extend More Support for Sustainable Peace Between Qatar and the Gulf Region Countries |url=http://www.awrambatimes.com/?p=16412 |date=19 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=Awramba Times |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619215539/http://www.awrambatimes.com/?p=16412 |archive-date=19 June 2017 |df=dmy-all }}
• {{flag|France}}{{cite news |title=France wades into Qatar row, urges end to punitive measures |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uae-diplomat-warns-of-long-estrangement-in-qatar-crisis/2017/07/15/b9c97cca-6942-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=15 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715130534/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uae-diplomat-warns-of-long-estrangement-in-qatar-crisis/2017/07/15/b9c97cca-6942-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html |archive-date=15 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Germany}}{{cite news |title=Germany urges diplomatic solution to Qatar crisis |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-germany-idUSKBN19010W?il=0 |work=Reuters | date=9 June 2017 |access-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720050929/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-germany-idUSKBN19010W?il=0 |archive-date=20 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Guinea}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nasdaq.com/article/guineas-president-offers-to-mediate-in-gulf-crisis-20170611-00057 |title=Guinea's president offers to mediate in Gulf crisis |date=11 June 2017 |publisher=NASDAQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612072111/http://www.nasdaq.com/article/guineas-president-offers-to-mediate-in-gulf-crisis-20170611-00057 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|India}}{{cite news |title=Qatar crisis: India favours constructive dialogue |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/qatar-crisis-india-favours-constructive-dialogue/articleshow/59084917.cms |access-date=12 June 2017 |work=The Times of India |date=10 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611001105/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/qatar-crisis-india-favours-constructive-dialogue/articleshow/59084917.cms |archive-date=11 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Indonesia}}{{cite news |title=Indonesia calls for dialogue over Qatar rift with Arab states |url=http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/111240/indonesia-calls-for-dialogue-over-qatar-rift-with-arab-states |access-date=15 June 2017 |work=Antara News |date=5 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605191828/http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/111240/indonesia-calls-for-dialogue-over-qatar-rift-with-arab-states |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Iran}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-sever-ties-qatar-over-040718986.html|title=Arab powers sever Qatar ties, widening rift among US allies |last=Browning |first=Noah |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=5 June 2017 |agency=Reuters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605045835/https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-sever-ties-qatar-over-040718986.html |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/04/saudi-arabia-bahrain-and-egypt-cut-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar.html |title=Saudi Arabia, Egypt lead Arab states cutting Qatar ties, Iran blames Trump |date=5 June 2017 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=5 June 2017 |agency=Reuters with AP |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605052416/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/04/saudi-arabia-bahrain-and-egypt-cut-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar.html |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Italy}}{{cite news |title=Qatar to buy seven navy vessels from Italy for €5bn |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/qatar-buy-7-navy-vessels-italy-5bn-170802135937765.html |access-date=3 August 2017 |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=2 August 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802233020/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/qatar-buy-7-navy-vessels-italy-5bn-170802135937765.html |archive-date=2 August 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Kuwait}}{{cite news |title=Kuwait: Qatar willing to hold dialogue on Gulf dispute |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/kuwait-qatar-ready-heal-gulf-rift-170611104242520.html |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619022944/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/kuwait-qatar-ready-heal-gulf-rift-170611104242520.html |archive-date=19 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Malaysia}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/30/neutral-malaysia-hopes-to-mediate-qatar-crisis/ |title=Neutral Malaysia hopes to mediate Qatar crisis |work=The Star |date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630014629/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/30/neutral-malaysia-hopes-to-mediate-qatar-crisis/ |archive-date=30 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Morocco}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/morocco-offers-mediate-qatar-gcc-crisis-170611190417048.html |title=Morocco offers to mediate Qatar-GCC crisis |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=12 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612091257/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/morocco-offers-mediate-qatar-gcc-crisis-170611190417048.html |archive-date=12 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Oman}}{{cite news |title=More Oman Air flights to Qatar |url=http://timesofoman.com/article/111419/Oman/Transport/More-Oman-Air-flights-to-Qatar |date=17 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |language=en |df=dmy-all |archive-date=3 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175017/http://timesofoman.com/article/111419/Oman/Transport/More-Oman-Air-flights-to-Qatar |url-status=live }}
• {{flag|Pakistan}}{{cite news |last1=Chaudhry |first1=Fahad |title=Middle East diplomatic crisis: lawmakers pass resolution in NA urging restraint |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1338258/middle-east-diplomatic-crisis-lawmakers-pass-resolution-in-na-urging-restraint |access-date=8 June 2017 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=8 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608105816/https://www.dawn.com/news/1338258/middle-east-diplomatic-crisis-lawmakers-pass-resolution-in-na-urging-restraint |archive-date=8 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Russia}}{{cite news |title=Russian, Qatari foreign ministers to discuss diplomatic crisis in Middle East |url=https://tass.com/politics/950827 |work=TASS |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111191651/https://tass.com/politics/950827 |url-status=live }}
• {{flag|Somalia}}{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201706080163.html |title=Somalia: Govt Breaks Silence Over the Qatar Crisis |publisher=allAfrica |date=7 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610101236/http://allafrica.com/stories/201706080163.html |archive-date=10 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Sudan}}{{cite news |url=http://m.news24.com/news24/Africa/News/sudan-urges-reconciliation-to-end-gulf-row-with-qatar-20170606 |title=Sudan urges 'reconciliation' to end Gulf row with Qatar |date=6 June 2017 |work=News24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606123705/http://m.news24.com/news24/africa/news/sudan-urges-reconciliation-to-end-gulf-row-with-qatar-20170606 |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170606-sudan-appeals-for-calm-between-qatar-and-gulf/ |title=Sudan appeals for calm between Qatar and Gulf |publisher=Middle East Monitor |date=6 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606140934/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170606-sudan-appeals-for-calm-between-qatar-and-gulf/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Switzerland}}[https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/03/2018/Switzerland-backs-Kuwaiti-efforts-to-resolve-Gulf-crisis Switzerland backs Kuwaiti efforts to resolve Gulf crisis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331123814/https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/03/2018/Switzerland-backs-Kuwaiti-efforts-to-resolve-Gulf-crisis |date=31 March 2018 }} The Peninsula. Qatar's Daily Newspaper. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• {{flag|Tunisia}}{{cite news |title=Tunisia follows with concern diplomatic crisis in Gulf countries |publisher=Xinhua Net |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/06/c_136342155.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605201953/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/06/c_136342155.htm |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
• {{flag|Turkey}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-turkey-idUSKBN18W19Z |title=Turkey calls for dialogue over Qatar rift with Arab states |date=5 June 2017 |work=Reuters |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605121746/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-turkey-idUSKBN18W19Z |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}
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Israel's former defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, described the situation as an "opportunity" for Israel, stating, "Some [Arab countries'] interests overlap with Israeli interests, including the issue with al-Jazeera." He went on to describe Al Jazeera Media Network as an "incitement machine" and "pure propaganda." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded AJMN shut down its offices in Israel.{{cite web |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-demands-al-jazeera-offices-in-israel-be-shut-down/ |title=Netanyahu demands al-Jazeera offices in Israel be shut down |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=30 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727013412/http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-demands-al-jazeera-offices-in-israel-be-shut-down/ |archive-date=27 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

Reports that Mauritius had cut ties with Qatar were refuted by the Mauritian government.{{cite news |url=http://ionnews.mu/maurice-maintient-ses-relations-diplomatiques-avec-le-qatar-060617/ |title=Maurice maintient ses relations diplomatiques avec le Qatar |trans-title=Mauritius maintains its diplomatic relations with Qatar |agency=Indian Ocean News Network |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703201410/http://ionnews.mu/maurice-maintient-ses-relations-diplomatiques-avec-le-qatar-060617/ |archive-date=3 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |last=Pohrun |first=Yaasin |date=7 June 2017 |title=Diplomatie : Maurice maintient ses liens avec le Qatar |trans-title=Diplomacy: Mauritius maintains its links with Qatar |agency=Le Défi Media Group |url=http://defimedia.info/diplomatie-maurice-maintient-ses-liens-avec-le-qatar |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717090106/http://defimedia.info/diplomatie-maurice-maintient-ses-liens-avec-le-qatar |archive-date=17 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}} A report in the Saudi Gazette incorrectly stated that Mauritius had broken off ties with Qatar and that Mauritius' Vice-Prime Minister Showkutally Soodhun had issued a communiqué pledging his country's support for Saudi Arabia. This prompted further erroneous reports by other outlets. However, in an interview with Le Défi Media Group of Mauritius, Soodhun refuted claims that he had issued any such communiqué, and Mauritius' Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that Mauritius continued to maintain diplomatic relations with Qatar.

Pakistan stated that it had no plans to cut diplomatic relations with Qatar.{{cite news |title=Pakistan has no plans to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar: FO |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1427775/pakistan-no-plans-cut-diplomatic-ties-qatar-fo/ |access-date=5 June 2017 |work=The Express Tribune |date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605095833/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1427775/pakistan-no-plans-cut-diplomatic-ties-qatar-fo/ |archive-date=5 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The National Assembly passed a resolution urging all countries to "show restraint and resolve their differences through dialogue." The Pakistani Federal minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources said that "Pakistan will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar."{{cite news |title=Pakistan to continue import of LNG from Qatar |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1338261/pakistan-to-continue-import-of-lng-from-qatar |access-date=8 June 2017 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=8 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609040058/https://www.dawn.com/news/1338261/pakistan-to-continue-import-of-lng-from-qatar |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} A six-member Qatari delegation headed by a special envoy of the Qatari Emir visited Pakistan and asked Pakistan to play a positive role in resolving the diplomatic crisis. The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, was quoted as saying that "Pakistan would do 'all it can' to help resolve the crisis," as well as calling on the Muslim world to play a role in ending hostilities.{{cite news |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Dawn.com |title=Delegation headed by special envoy of Qatari Emir makes short visit to Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1338268/delegation-headed-by-special-envoy-of-qatari-emir-makes-short-visit-to-pakistan |access-date=8 June 2017 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=8 June 2017 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003180039/https://www.dawn.com/news/1338268/delegation-headed-by-special-envoy-of-qatari-emir-makes-short-visit-to-pakistan |archive-date=3 October 2017 |df=dmy-all}} A TRT report stated that Pakistan would deploy 20,000 troops in Qatar, which the Pakistani foreign ministry denied.{{cite news |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/06/11/Pakistan-denies-media-reports-of-troop-deployment-to-Qatar.html |title=Pakistan denies media reports of troop deployment to Qatar |access-date=11 June 2017 |publisher=Al Arabiya Network |date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174927/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/06/11/Pakistan-denies-media-reports-of-troop-deployment-to-Qatar.html |archive-date=3 October 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

The Philippines suspended the deployment of migrant workers to Qatar on 6 June 2017.{{cite news |title=Philippines bans deployment of workers to Qatar |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/06/06/philippines-bans-deployment-workers-qatar-545962 |access-date=6 June 2017 |work=Sun Star Manila |agency=HDT, SunStar Philippines |date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=9 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609200423/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/06/06/philippines-bans-deployment-workers-qatar-545962 |url-status=live }} However, the next day, they allowed the deployment of returning workers and those with an Overseas Employment Certificate, but still maintained the suspension of the deployment of new workers.{{cite news |title=PHL partially lifts suspension of OFW deployment to Qatar |publisher=GMA network |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/pinoyabroad/613610/phl-partially-lifts-ban-on-ofw-deployment-to-qatar/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717145919/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/pinoyabroad/613610/phl-partially-lifts-ban-on-ofw-deployment-to-qatar/story/ |archive-date=17 July 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The suspension was later fully lifted on 15 June.{{cite news |last1=Jaymalin |first1=Mayen |title=DOLE lifts suspension of OFW deployment in Qatar |url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/06/16/1710495/dole-lifts-suspension-ofw-deployment-qatar |access-date=16 June 2017 |work=The Philippine Star |date=16 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615191514/http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/06/16/1710495/dole-lifts-suspension-ofw-deployment-qatar |archive-date=15 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

On 8 June 2017, Egypt's deputy UN Ambassador Ihab Moustafa called for the United Nations Security Council to launch an investigation into accusations that Qatar "paid up to $1 billion to a terrorist group active in Iraq" to free 26 Qatari hostages, including members of its royal family, which payment would violate UN resolutions. The Qataris were kidnapped on 16 December 2015 from a desert camp for falcon hunters in southern Iraq. The hostages were released eighteen months later in April 2017. Qatari diplomats responded to the Egyptian calls for an investigation by reaffirming their commitment to the UN resolutions towards eliminating the financing of terrorism.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-un-idUSKBN18Z26W |first1=Michelle |last1=Nichols |title=Egypt calls for U.N. inquiry into accusation of Qatar ransom payment |date=8 June 2017 |work=Reuters |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608222124/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-un-idUSKBN18Z26W |archive-date=8 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-qatar-releases-initial-report-alleged-hack-47904088 |title=The Latest: Egypt seeks UN probe of alleged Qatar ransom |publisher=ABC News |access-date=8 June 2017 |language=en |agency=The Associated Press |date=Jun 7, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608042824/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-qatar-releases-initial-report-alleged-hack-47904088 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

In June 2017, the government of Qatar hired American attorney and politician John Ashcroft to lobby on its behalf and help the state deny international allegations of supporting terror.{{cite news |title=Qatar, accused of supporting terrorism, hires ex-U.S. attorney general |first1=Doina |last1=Chiacu |first2=Ginger |last2=Gibson |editor-first1=Marguerita |editor-last1=Choy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-ashcroft-idUSKBN1910T6 |work=Reuters |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610181957/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-ashcroft-idUSKBN1910T6 |archive-date=10 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Singled Out by Trump, Qatar Hires Former Top U.S. Law Man |url-access=subscription |first1=Bill |last1=Allison |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-10/singled-out-by-trump-qatar-hires-former-top-law-man-to-lobby |newspaper=Bloomberg |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610041552/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-10/singled-out-by-trump-qatar-hires-former-top-law-man-to-lobby |archive-date=10 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Qatar blockade: Iran sends five planeloads of food |date=11 June 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40237721 |work=BBC News |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612040431/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40237721 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=Qatar Hires Former U.S. Attorney General To Rebut Terrorism Allegations |date= June 10, 2017 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/qatar-hires-lawyer-boycott-terrorism-allegations-saudis-trump/28539933.html |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |access-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610205539/https://www.rferl.org/a/qatar-hires-lawyer-boycott-terrorism-allegations-saudis-trump/28539933.html |archive-date=10 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

On 24 November 2017, deputy chief of Dubai Police Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan blamed the 2017 Sinai attack on Al-Jazeera's reporting and called for the bombing of Al-Jazeera's headquarters by the Saudi-led coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/dubai-security-chief-calls-bombing-al-jazeera-171125143439231.html |date=25 Nov 2017 |title=Dubai security chief calls for bombing of Al Jazeera|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126110303/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/dubai-security-chief-calls-bombing-al-jazeera-171125143439231.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960905000275|title=Dubai Security Chief Calls for Bombing of Al Jazeera |date=Nov 26, 2017 |website=FarsNews Agency |access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211011520/https://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960905000275|url-status=dead }}

Israel has not shared a direct diplomatic relation with Qatar since 2012, yet over the past few years, the country has emerged as an unlikely peacemaker in the Middle East by extending a helping hand to Doha and strengthening its ties with its nemesis, UAE. Israel offered Doha to work along with it on Gaza's reconstruction in June 2020, changing Washington's narrative towards Qatar concerning its relation with Hamas as one focused on getting all parties to cooperate in support of the peace plan initiated by the Trump administration. In 2017, Israel condemned the legislation introduced in the US Congress, designating Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism for having ties with Hamas. The legislation was filed by Ed Royce, a Republican, then Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In the meantime, Israel also strengthened its partnership with the UAE by holding a meeting in Washington of the ambassadors of UAE and Bahrain with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel maintained a balance between strengthening its relations with Abu Dhabi and simultaneously extending a helping hand to Doha.

According to the Country Reports on Terrorism released by the US Department of State in March 2022, counterterrorism cooperation signed in 2017 by Qatar included the participation of the United States and Qatar on terrorist screening and aviation security. In 2019, the Qatari government drafted new AML/CFT legislation, which was finalized and passed into law on September 11, 2019 which stated that Qatar maintains an inter-agency National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NATC) composed of representatives from more than 10 government agencies. The NATC is tasked with formulating Qatar's CT policy, ensuring inter-agency coordination, fulfilling Qatar's obligations to counter terrorism under international conventions, and participating in multilateral conferences on terrorism. U.S. officials met regularly with the chairman of the NATC to discuss implementation of the CT MOU and overall CT cooperation. The Qatar State Security Bureau (SSB) maintained an aggressive posture toward monitoring internal terrorism-related activities. Qatar is a member of MENAFATF. FIU, known as the Qatar Financial Information Unit, is a member of the Egmont Group. Qatar is also a member of the Defeat-ISIS Coalition's CIFG and the TFTC. In collaboration with other TFTC member states, Qatar in 2019 imposed one round of sanctions against individuals and entities affiliated with the Iranian regime's terror-support networks in the region. Qatar continued to maintain restrictions, imposed in 2017, on the overseas activities of Qatari charities, requiring all such activity to be conducted through one of two approved charities in an effort to better monitor charitable giving for terrorist financing abuse.{{Cite web |title=Qatar |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/qatar/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005193301/https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/qatar/ |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}

The Syrian Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces said "Syria is awaiting a more active Arab role that will contribute to putting an end to the nearly 10-year suffering of the Syrian people; help the Syrian people achieve their aspirations for freedom and independence; getting rid of the murderous Assad regime and Iranian sectarian militias; and putting an end the Iranian subversive project in Syria and the region."{{Cite web|last=OZKIZILCIK|first=OMER|date=28 January 2021|title=Will Saudi Arabia increase its footprint in Syria?|url=https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/will-saudi-arabia-increase-its-footprint-in-syria-43678/amp|access-date=|website=TRT World|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128160606/https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/will-saudi-arabia-increase-its-footprint-in-syria-43678/amp|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=6 January 2021|title=On Final Communique of Al-Ula Gulf Cooperation Council Summit|url=https://en.etilaf.org/press/on-final-communique-of-al-ula-gulf-cooperation-council-summit|access-date=|website=National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces|quote=|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128160612/https://en.etilaf.org/press/on-final-communique-of-al-ula-gulf-cooperation-council-summit|url-status=live}}

The UK Financial Conduct Authority issued a notice against Banque Havilland for its manipulative trading strategies and imposed a fine of £10 million. The Luxembourg-based bank and its ex-employees were found involved in a 2017 plan to devalue the currency of Qatar. A former analyst with the bank, Vladimir Bolelyy, created a document that involved the plot to target Qatar's financial system in 2017. Bolelyy and the former London CEO, Edmund Rowland, were responsible for disseminating the document. A copy of the document was also sent to a representative of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund.{{cite web|url=https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-publishes-decision-notices-banque-havilland-sa-and-three-former-employees|title=FCA publishes Decision Notices for Banque Havilland SA and three of its former employees|access-date=5 May 2023|website=Financial Conduct Authority|date=4 May 2023 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-05/uk-fines-and-bans-havilland-s-edmund-rowland-over-qatari-plot |url-access=subscription |first1=Jonathan |last1=Browning |title=UK Fines and Bans Banque Havilland's Edmund Rowland Over Qatari Plot|access-date=5 May 2023|website=Bloomberg|date=5 May 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230507121537/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-05/uk-fines-and-bans-havilland-s-edmund-rowland-over-qatari-plot?leadSource=uverify%20wall |archive-date= 7 May 2023 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/36805f6a-fd1a-48ea-9a33-5dee7ddb03d3 |url-access=subscription |title=Banque Havilland faces £10mn fine from UK watchdog over Qatar scheme|access-date=5 May 2023|website=The Financial Times|date=5 May 2023 |last1=Kerr |first1=Simeon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230506001146/https://www.ft.com/content/36805f6a-fd1a-48ea-9a33-5dee7ddb03d3 |archive-date= 6 May 2023 }} The Emirates was closely connected to the owner of Banque Havilland, David Rowland. He was deeply involved with the UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, who was referred to as "The Boss" by the bank employees.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-21/at-banque-havilland-abu-dhabi-s-crown-prince-was-known-as-the-boss |url-access=subscription |first1=Gavin |last1=Finch |first2=Harry |last2=Wilson |title=At Banque Havilland, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Was Known as 'The Boss'|access-date=21 December 2020|website=Bloomberg|date=21 December 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223000131/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-21/at-banque-havilland-abu-dhabi-s-crown-prince-was-known-as-the-boss |archive-date= Dec 23, 2020 }} In January 2023, the FCA also banned and fined Edmund Rowland, Vladimir Bolelyy and a former senior manager David Weller.

In November 2020, United Nations special rapporteur Alena Douhan published a preliminary report condemning the Saudi-led blockade of the State of Qatar and urged lifting the ban immediately due to human rights violations against the people of Qatar. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt-led blockade of Qatar was concluded to be illegal by the special rapporteur. Douhan has stated a final report would be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in September 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26495&LangID=E |date=12 November 2020 |title=Human rights and unilateral coercive measures: UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms. Alena Douhan, concludes her visit to Qatar|access-date=12 November 2020|website=UN Human Rights Office |archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113194456/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26495&LangID=E|url-status=live}}

Reportedly, it is prohibited under the UN Charter to impose any unilateral coercive measures against its member states unless authorized by the organization's relevant organs or found consistent with the principles composing the charter.{{cite journal|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236321157.pdf|title=The Law of Economic Sanctions|journal=International Law Studies |volume=71 |publisher=Core|first1=Paul |last1=Szasz |access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624102744/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236321157.pdf|url-status=live}}

On 6 June 2017, Emirates Post of UAE halted postal services to Qatar.{{Cite news |title=Emirates Post Group halts services to Qatar |work=Arabian Business |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-post-group-halts-services-qatar-677207.html |date=8 Jun 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609072905/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-post-group-halts-services-qatar-677207.html |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

At the start of the blockade, nearly 80 percent of Qatar's food requirements came from Persian Gulf Arab neighbors, with only 1 percent being produced domestically. Imports from outside the Gulf states usually came by land from Saudi Arabia.{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Adam |title=Analysis {{!}} Qatar could face a food crisis in spat with Arab neighbors|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/05/qatar-could-face-a-food-crisis-in-spat-with-arab-neighbors/ |url-access=subscription |date=June 5, 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606222639/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/05/qatar-could-face-a-food-crisis-in-spat-with-arab-neighbors/|archive-date=6 June 2017|df=dmy-all}} Immediately after the cutting of relations, local reports indicated residents swarmed grocery stores in hopes of stockpiling food. Many food delivery trucks were idled along the Saudi-Qatari border. On 8 June 2017, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said, "We're not worried about a food shortage, we're fine. We can live forever like this, we are well prepared." Qatar had talks with both Turkey and Iran to secure the supply of food. On 11 June 2017, Iran sent four cargo planes with fruit and vegetables and promised to continue the supply.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-iran-idUSKBN1920EG |first1=Bozorgmehr |last1=Sharafedin |first2=Tom |last2=Finn |editor-first1=Jason |editor-last1=Neely |editor-first2=Mark |editor-last2=Potter |title=Iran flies food to Qatar amid concerns of shortages |website=Reuters |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174716/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-iran-idUSKBN1920EG?il=0 |archive-date=3 October 2017 }} Turkey pledged food and water supplies to go along with their troop deployment at their Turkish military base in Qatar.

As part of the Qatari government's response to lost food imports, it provided support to domestic agricultural company Baladna, which built a new dairy farm with imported cattle that was planned to produce enough milk to fulfill domestic demand for dairy products by June 2018.{{cite news |last1=Al Sayegh |first1=Hadeel |last2=Torchia |first2=Andrew |date=29 November 2017 |title=Qatar builds dairy industry in desert as it defies Arab boycott |work=Reuters |editor-last=Heavens |editor-first=Andrew |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-cows/qatar-builds-dairy-industry-in-desert-as-it-defies-arab-boycott-idUSKBN1DT2E9 |url-status=live |access-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125074553/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-cows/qatar-builds-dairy-industry-in-desert-as-it-defies-arab-boycott-idUSKBN1DT2E9 |archive-date=25 January 2018}}{{update inline|date=September 2018}}

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All airlines based in the blockading countries, including Emirates, suspended flights to and from Qatar.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-05/saudi-led-alliance-cuts-qatar-ties-as-gulf-crisis-escalates |title=Flights Grounded as Gulf Split on Iran Leaves Qatar Isolated |last1=Carey |first1=Glen |date=5 June 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605041617/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-05/saudi-led-alliance-cuts-qatar-ties-as-gulf-crisis-escalates |archive-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |last2=Fattah |first2=Zainab |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.emirates.com/ae/english/about/operational_updates/operational_updates.aspx#/#4258319 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606220356/https://www.emirates.com/ae/english/about/operational_updates/operational_updates.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2017 |title=Suspension of flights between Dubai and Doha with effect from 6 June 2017 |publisher=Emirates |date=5 June 2017}} Gulf Air,{{cite news |title=Emirates, Etihad, Flydubai, Gulf Air and Air Arabia to suspend Qatar flights |url=http://gulfbusiness.com/abu-dhabis-etihad-suspend-flights-qatar-tuesday/ |first=Aarti |last=Nagraj |date=5 June 2017 |work=Gulf Business |access-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606032326/http://gulfbusiness.com/abu-dhabis-etihad-suspend-flights-qatar-tuesday/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} EgyptAir,{{cite news |last1=Azhar |first1=Saeed |last2=Freed |first2=Jamie |date=6 June 2017 |title=Qatar Airways suspends flights to UAE, Egypt, Bahrain |work=Reuters |editor-last=Westall |editor-first=Sylvia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-airlines/qatar-airways-suspends-flights-to-uae-egypt-bahrain-idUSKBN18X0E5 |url-status=live |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110402/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-airlines/qatar-airways-suspends-flights-to-uae-egypt-bahrain-idUSKBN18X0E5 |archive-date=7 December 2020}} flydubai, Air Arabia, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Etihad Airways suspended their flights to and from Qatar.{{cite news|title=Qatar diplomatic crisis: How it affects air travel|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-affects-air-travel-170605093547258.html|date=5 June 2017|agency=Al Jazeera|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424014142/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-affects-air-travel-170605093547258.html|url-status=live}} Bahrain,{{cite news|url=https://blog.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-ban-for-qatar-flights-in-uae-saudi-arabia-bahrain-and-egypt/|title=Flight Ban for Qatar Flights in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt|date=5 June 2017|access-date=5 June 2017|work=Flightradar24|archive-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127095318/https://blog.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-ban-for-qatar-flights-in-uae-saudi-arabia-bahrain-and-egypt/|url-status=live}} Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates also banned overflights by aircraft registered in Qatar. Qatar rerouted flights to Africa and Europe via Iran, paying a "hefty" overflight fee for each such flight.{{cite news|title=The boycott of Qatar is hurting its enforcers|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21730426-if-saudis-and-emiratis-will-not-trade-doha-iranians-will-boycott|newspaper=The Economist|date=19 October 2017|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515131606/https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21730426-if-saudis-and-emiratis-will-not-trade-doha-iranians-will-boycott|url-status=live}}

Qatar Airways in response suspended its flight operations to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain.{{cite web|url=http://www.qatarairways.com/us/en/travel-alerts.page|title=Travel Alerts {{!}} Qatar Airways|date=5 June 2017|website=Qatar Airways|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605205615/http://www.qatarairways.com/us/en/travel-alerts.page|url-status=live}}

Due to the closing of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt airspace to Qatar Airways, Oman Air took up a significant role transporting travelers from and to Doha, mostly through Iranian airspace, while still allowing Qatari passport holders to book flights. The travel embargo had a significant impact on foreign nationals living and working in Qatar, with about 100,000 Egyptians and citizens from other countries stranded there, unable to book direct flights or obtain travel documents for their return.{{cite magazine|author=D. Dudley|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2017/06/08/oman-air-takes-advantage-of-qatar-crisis/|title=A Winner Emerges From The Qatar Crisis: Oman's National Airline|magazine=Forbes|date=14 June 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608150611/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2017/06/08/oman-air-takes-advantage-of-qatar-crisis/|url-status=live}} Per request from Qatar, the blockade was under review by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN-agency seeking a "consensus-based solution" for the resolution of the crisis.{{cite news |title=UN agency reviews airspace blockade against Qatar |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/15/un-agency-reviews-airspace-blockade-against-qatar |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225213055/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/15/un-agency-reviews-airspace-blockade-against-qatar |url-status=live }}

On 31 July 2017, the agency asserted its neutrality in the conflict and announced that Qatar Airways would have access to three contingency routes over international waters in early August based on a preliminary agreement reached with the Saudi aviation authority (GACA) early that month. The ICAO, based in Montreal, also reminded all member countries to comply with the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation and its agenda.{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/qatar-airways-expected-access-air-corridors-170801020434530.html|title=Qatar Airways expected to access new flight routes|agency=Al Jazeera News|date=31 July 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801050246/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/qatar-airways-expected-access-air-corridors-170801020434530.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2020, Qatar's ambassador to the United Nations sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council members, reporting airspace offenses by four Bahraini fighter jets. He said that Bahrain's military aircraft violated Qatar's airspace on 9 December by flying over the country's territorial waters.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/qatar-tells-un-bahraini-fighter-jets-violated-its-airspace|title=Qatar reports airspace violation by Bahraini fighter jets to UN|access-date=24 December 2020|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224114040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/qatar-tells-un-bahraini-fighter-jets-violated-its-airspace|url-status=live}}

The United Arab Emirates banned Qatar-flagged ships from calling at Fujairah. It also banned vessels from Qatar from the port and vessels at the port from sailing directly to Qatar.{{cite news|url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/221956/report-port-of-fujairah-bans-qatari-flagged-ships/|title=Report: Port of Fujairah Bans Qatari-Flagged Ships|publisher=World Maritime News|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605183137/https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/221956/report-port-of-fujairah-bans-qatari-flagged-ships/|url-status=live}} Similar restrictions were put in place at Jebel Ali, which prior to the blockade handled over 85% of shipborne cargo for Qatar. Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia also banned Qatar-flagged ships from their ports.{{cite web|url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/222007/more-arab-ports-deny-calls-to-qatari-ships/|title=More Arab Ports Deny Calls to Qatari Ships|date=6 June 2017|publisher=World Maritime News|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319233614/https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/222007/more-arab-ports-deny-calls-to-qatari-ships/|url-status=live}}

On 8 June 2017, shipping giant Maersk was unable to transport in or out of Qatar entirely. Due to Qatar's shallow ports, large cargo ships are required to dock at Jebel Ali or other nearby ports where a feeder service transports the goods into Qatar.{{cite news|last=Saul|first=Jonathan|title=Maersk says unable to ship Qatar bound cargo from UAE, seeks alternatives|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-shipping-idUSKBN18X1YS|access-date=8 June 2017|work=Reuters|year=2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608030951/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-shipping-idUSKBN18X1YS|url-status=live}} In response, Maersk and Swiss-based MSC{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/hundreds-containers-qatar-oman-170612163855982.html|title=Hundreds of containers on their way to Qatar from Oman|agency=Al Jazeera News|date=12 June 2017|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082506/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/hundreds-containers-qatar-oman-170612163855982.html|url-status=live}} vessels for Qatar were rerouted to Salalah and Sohar in Oman.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40248145|title=Qatar ships cargo via Oman to bypass Gulf restrictions|work=BBC News|access-date=12 June 2017|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015526/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40248145|url-status=live}} Particularly smaller shipments of perishable and frozen foods have taken that route.{{cite news |title=Hundreds of containers on their way to Qatar from Oman |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/12/hundreds-of-containers-on-their-way-to-qatar-from-oman |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |date=12 June 2017 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620100559/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/12/hundreds-of-containers-on-their-way-to-qatar-from-oman |url-status=live }}

On 12 June 2017, Chinese shipping company COSCO announced suspension of services to and from Qatar. Taiwan's Evergreen Marine and Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line had already suspended services.{{cite news|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/qatar-crisis/chinese-shipping-firm-suspends-services-to-qatar|title=Chinese shipping firm suspends services to Qatar|agency=IANS|publisher=khaleejtimes.com|access-date=12 June 2017|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726003515/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/qatar-crisis/chinese-shipping-firm-suspends-services-to-qatar|url-status=live}}

Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, the Attorney-General of the United Arab Emirates announced on 7 June that publishing expressions of sympathy towards Qatar through social media, or any type of written, visual or verbal form is considered illegal under UAE's Federal Penal Code and the Federal law on Combating Information Technology Crimes. Violators of this offense face between 3 and 15 years imprisonment, a fine of up to 500,000 emirati dirhams ($136,000) or both.{{cite news|title=UAE bans expressions of sympathy toward Qatar: media|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Y0DH|work=Reuters|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225081148/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Y0DH|url-status=live}} Bahrain also issued a similar statement with a penalty up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/bahrain-and-uae-criminalize-sympathy-for-qatar/2017/06/08/ce74a666-4c70-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html|title=Bahrain and UAE criminalize 'sympathy' for Qatar|first=Karen|last=DeYoung|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=8 June 2017|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609012857/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/bahrain-and-uae-criminalize-sympathy-for-qatar/2017/06/08/ce74a666-4c70-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html|url-status=live}}

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the UAE all blocked access to Qatari news agencies, including the controversial Qatar-based Al Jazeera.{{cite news|last=Youssef|first=Neveen|title=Qatar hacking row fuels Gulf tensions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40046782|access-date=7 June 2017|work=BBC News|date=25 May 2017|archive-date=7 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607035557/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40046782|url-status=live}} Saudi Arabia shut down the local office of Al Jazeera Media Network.{{cite news|title=Qatar diplomatic crisis: All the latest updates|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-latest-updates-170605105550769.html|access-date=6 June 2017|agency=Al Jazeera|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606012331/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-latest-updates-170605105550769.html|url-status=live}} The BBC speculated that changes to Al Jazeera would be a necessary part of any peaceful resolution.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40187414|title=Qatar crisis: Can Al Jazeera survive?|first=Kevin|last=Ponniah|date=7 June 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=9 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509102923/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40187414|url-status=live}} In June, Qatar-based beIN Sports (a spin-off from Al Jazeera) was also blocked by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/08/media/uae-qatar-media-blocked/index.html|title=Blocked in Dubai: Qatar cartoon and soccer channels|first=Zahraa|last=Alkhalisi|date=8 June 2017|agency=CNN|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208063725/https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/08/media/uae-qatar-media-blocked/index.html|url-status=live}} The UAE lifted this ban the following month,{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/bein-sports-back-on-tv-in-the-uae-1.613012|title=BeIN Sports back on TV in the UAE|first1=Steven|last1=McCombe|first2=Roberta|last2=Pennington|date=22 July 2017|work=The National|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706022638/https://www.thenational.ae/uae/bein-sports-back-on-tv-in-the-uae-1.613012|url-status=live}} but the channels remained banned in Saudi Arabia. BeIN programming was illegally rebranded and redistributed by a large-scale pirate television operation known as beoutQ.{{Cite news |title=World Cup pirates: Saudi Arabia's BeIN action threatens future of international sports broadcasting |language=en |work=SportsPro |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/analysis/world-cup-broadcasting-pirates-saudi-arabias-bein-sport-qatar |access-date=2018-08-26 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150102/http://www.sportspromedia.com/analysis/world-cup-broadcasting-pirates-saudi-arabias-bein-sport-qatar |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=2018-08-21 |title=Premier League games 'screened illegally via Saudi satellite firm' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/21/premier-league-games-screened-illegally-via-saudi-satellite-firm |access-date=2018-08-26 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621205622/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/21/premier-league-games-screened-illegally-via-saudi-satellite-firm |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=BeoutQ illegally shows opening Premier League and Ligue 1 games |language=en |work=SportsPro |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-piracy-beoutq-bein-saudi-arabia-qatar-ligue-1 |access-date=2018-08-26 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826151607/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premier-league-piracy-beoutq-bein-saudi-arabia-qatar-ligue-1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Panja |first=Tariq |date=9 May 2018 |title=The Brazen Bootlegging of a Multibillion-Dollar Sports Network |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/sports/bein-sports-qatar-beoutq.html |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801051212/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/sports/bein-sports-qatar-beoutq.html |url-status=live }} beoutQ operated out of Saudi Arabia using the Arabsat satellites, and was promoted by Saudi politicians.{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2020-06-16 |title=World Trade Organization Rules There is Evidence Saudi Arabia Supported Pirate Broadcaster beoutQ |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/world-trade-organization-rules-evidence-saudi-arabia-supported-pirate-broadcaster-beoutq-1234636962/ |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=Variety |language=en |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617103857/https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/world-trade-organization-rules-evidence-saudi-arabia-supported-pirate-broadcaster-beoutq-1234636962/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-06-16 |title=WTO piracy ruling casts fresh doubt over Newcastle's Saudi takeover |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/newcastle-takeover-wto-ruling-saudi-arabia-piracy-beoutq-bein-sports |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=SportsPro Media |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618123700/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/newcastle-takeover-wto-ruling-saudi-arabia-piracy-beoutq-bein-sports |url-status=live }}

In 2018, the Saudi government also began to target beIN Sports for allegedly holding a monopoly in sports broadcasting, including revoking its broadcast licenses based on accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, and pulling its rights to the Asian Football Confederation in the Kingdom in 2019. beIN Sports considered the moves to be politically motivated,{{Cite web|url=https://advanced-television.com/2018/08/23/saudis-ban-bein-sports/|title=Saudis ban beIN Sports|website=Advanced Television|date=23 August 2018|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621220124/https://advanced-television.com/2018/08/23/saudis-ban-bein-sports/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/afc-cancels-bein-sports-rights-saudi-arabia|title=AFC cancels BeIN Sports rights in Saudi Arabia|website=SportsPro Media|date=12 March 2019|access-date=2019-06-22|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622235131/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/afc-cancels-bein-sports-rights-saudi-arabia|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bein-sports-saudi-arabia-afc-legal-battle|title=BeIN Sports to launch AFC legal action|website=SportsPro Media|date=13 March 2019|access-date=2019-06-22|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214052613/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bein-sports-saudi-arabia-afc-legal-battle|url-status=live}} while it was feared that the service was normalising the practice of piracy.{{cite web |title=Could This Be the World's Biggest State-Sponsored Piracy Operation? |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/could-be-worlds-biggest-state-sponsored-piracy-operation-1217919 |access-date=21 June 2019 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=20 June 2019 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621205623/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/could-be-worlds-biggest-state-sponsored-piracy-operation-1217919 |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Economy of Qatar}}

At the start of the crisis, Standard & Poor's downgraded Qatar's debt by one notch from AA to AA−.{{cite news|url=http://www.afr.com/news/world/standard-and-poors-downgrades-qatar-debt-rating-20170607-gwmuyz|title=Standard and Poor's downgrades Qatar debt rating|date=8 June 2017|work=Financial Review|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629135704/http://www.afr.com/news/world/standard-and-poors-downgrades-qatar-debt-rating-20170607-gwmuyz|url-status=live}} Qatar's stock market dropped 7.3% on the first day of the crisis, and reached a 9.7% drop by 8 June 2017.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/05/investing/qatar-stocks-plunge-gulf-diplomacy/index.html|title=Qatari stocks plunge 7% after Arab states cut ties|date=5 June 2017|agency=CNN|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608052246/http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/05/investing/qatar-stocks-plunge-gulf-diplomacy/index.html|url-status=live}} Additionally, in the first months following the crisis the government of Qatar injected $38.5 billion, which was equivalent to 23% of the country's GDP, to support the country's economy and its banking sector.{{cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=Geoffrey|title=Everyone loses|journal=Zenith|date=17 January 2019|url=https://magazine.zenith.me/en/business/other-lessons-qatar-crisis|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816152425/https://magazine.zenith.me/en/business/other-lessons-qatar-crisis|url-status=live}}

Per S&P Global Ratings, banks in Qatar are strong enough to survive a withdrawal of all Gulf country deposits.{{cite news|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-banks-can-survive-gulf-foreign-funds-withdrawal-s-p-says--677427.html|title=Qatar banks can survive Gulf, foreign funds withdrawal, S&P says|work=Arabian Business|access-date=12 June 2017|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611200604/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-banks-can-survive-gulf-foreign-funds-withdrawal-s-p-says--677427.html|url-status=live}}

In August 2018, Brookfield Property Partners, 9% of which is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, signed a 99-year lease on Jared Kushner's financially troubled 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper. The deal raised suspicions that Qatar was attempting to influence the Trump administration.{{Cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/qatar-666-5th-ave-jared-kushner |title=Qatar Shocked, Shocked to Learn It Accidentally Bailed out Jared Kushner |last=Levin |first=Bess |date=12 February 2019 |work=Vanity Fair |access-date=21 January 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/595a77d0-3867-11ea-a6d3-9a26f8c3cba4 |title=Brookfield: inside the $500bn secretive investment firm |last=Vandevelde |first=Mark |date=5 February 2020 |work=Financial Times |access-date=2020-05-12}}Zhdannikov, Dmitry, and Herbert Lash, Saeed Aznar. "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/qatar-jared-kushner-skyscraper-brookfield-trump-doha-saudi-arabia-mbs-a8775651.html Qatar admits it unwittingly helped bail out Jared Kushner's skyscraper]", The Independent. February 12, 2019.

Despite the ongoing diplomatic blockade led by Saudi Arabia, international banks like HSBC, Goldman Sachs and others sought to repair their ties with Qatar by building stronger financial and business relations. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates informally warned the bankers not to have close relations with Doha or else there would be consequences.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-17/bankers-are-sick-of-choosing-sides-between-qatar-and-saudi-arabia|title=Bankers Are Sick of Choosing Sides Between Qatar and Saudi Arabia|access-date=17 February 2019|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217075940/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-17/bankers-are-sick-of-choosing-sides-between-qatar-and-saudi-arabia|url-status=live}}

On 20 January 2019, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the opening session of the Arab Economic Summit in Beirut, Lebanon. This helped Qatar increase its influence and soft power in the region. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz were the only two Arab leaders to attend the summit. Since Sheikh Tamim was the only GCC leader to attend, he received praise from the President of Lebanon himself, Michel Aoun. Hilal Khashan, a professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, said "He became the star of the summit."{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Sunniva |title=Lebanon fails to attract high-level turnout for Arab economic summit |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/lebanon-fails-to-attract-high-level-turnout-for-arab-economic-summit-1.815757 |website=The National |date=20 January 2019 |access-date=15 April 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402190401/https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/lebanon-fails-to-attract-high-level-turnout-for-arab-economic-summit-1.815757 |url-status=live }}

Overall, Qatar's annual GDP declined by 1.5% in 2017, though it increased by 1.2% in 2018 and 0.8% in 2019 despite the diplomatic crisis, though it would decline 3.6% in 2020 following the Covid-19 pandemic. In the year the crisis ended in 2021 Qatar's annual GDP increased 1.6%.{{Cite web |title=World Bank Open Data |url=https://data.worldbank.org/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=World Bank Open Data}}

Qatar is a global leader in liquefied natural gas production. Despite the severing of ties, Qatari natural gas continued to flow to the UAE and Oman through Abu Dhabi based Dolphin Energy's pipeline.{{cite journal|last=Law|first=Bill|date=14 November 2017|title=Qatar Rides Out the Blockade|url=http://www.indrastra.com/2017/11/Qatar-Rides-Out-Blockade-003-11-2017-0006.html|journal=IndraStra Global|location=New York, USA|publication-date=9 November 2017|volume=003|issue=11|pages=0006|issn=2381-3652|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202515/http://www.indrastra.com/2017/11/Qatar-Rides-Out-Blockade-003-11-2017-0006.html|url-status=live}} The pipeline meets about 30–40 percent of UAE's energy needs.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/07/news/qatar-uae-gas-pipeline/index.html|title=Qatar keeps gas flowing to UAE despite blockade|last=Alkhalisi|first=Zahraa|date=7 June 2017|website=CNNMoney|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=7 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607191513/http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/07/news/qatar-uae-gas-pipeline/index.html|url-status=live}} Shipping constraints from the crisis rerouted multiple shipments of oil and gas to and from the Gulf, which caused reverberations in many local energy markets. On 8 June 2017, gas futures spiked nearly 4 percent in the United Kingdom, which had nearly a third of all its imported gas arriving from Qatar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/08/qatar-fight-finally-spills-into-global-energy-market.html|title=Qatar fight finally spills into global energy market|last=Domm|first=Patti|date=8 June 2017|access-date=9 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608211746/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/08/qatar-fight-finally-spills-into-global-energy-market.html|url-status=live}} There was a secondary effect of the dispute on worldwide supplies of helium, which is often extracted from natural gas. Qatar is the world's second largest supplier of helium (the US ranks first).{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/middle-east-turmoil-is-disrupting-a-vital-resource-for-nuclear-energy-space-flight-and-birthday-balloons|title=Middle East turmoil is disrupting a vital resource for nuclear energy, space flight and birthday balloons|date=26 June 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-date=26 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626211653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/middle-east-turmoil-is-disrupting-a-vital-resource-for-nuclear-energy-space-flight-and-birthday-balloons/|url-status=live}}

In March 2019, Qatar lodged a complaint to International Atomic Energy Agency regarding the United Arab Emirates Barakah nuclear power plant, stating that it poses a serious threat to regional stability and the environment. The UAE denied that there are safety issues with the plant, which is being built by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) with operation by French utility Électricité de France, and stated "The United Arab Emirates ... adheres to its commitment to the highest standards of nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation."{{cite news|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL8N2175GH|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330051612/https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL8N2175GH|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2019|title=Qatar says UAE nuclear plant is threat to regional stability|work=Reuters|last1=De Clercq|first1=Geert|date=20 March 2019}}

The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup was scheduled to be hosted in Qatar. In November 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain pulled out of the Gulf Cup due to the Qatar boycott.{{cite news|publisher=Reuters|title=Saudi, UAE, Bahrain to miss Qatar's Gulf Cup amid rift|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gulf-qatar-football/saudi-uae-bahrain-to-miss-qatars-gulf-cup-amid-rift-idUKKBN1DH267|website=U.K.|date=17 November 2017|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203121829/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gulf-qatar-football/saudi-uae-bahrain-to-miss-qatars-gulf-cup-amid-rift-idUKKBN1DH267|url-status=dead}} On 7 December 2017, it was announced that Kuwait would host the football tournament after the three national teams withdrew for the purpose of boycotting the event being located in Qatar.{{Cite news|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1205581/sports|title=Gulf Cup to return to Kuwait following lifting of FIFA ban|date=2017-12-08|work=Arab News|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en|archive-date=28 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528024533/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1205581/sports|url-status=live}}

Qatar hosted the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2019. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates announced their participation in the tournament on 12 November (two weeks before the event kicked off), reversing an attempted second boycott of the event.{{cite web |last1=Sharqi |first1=Salem |publisher=Elaph Publishing Limited |title=السعودية والإمارات والبحرين يشاركون في خليجي الدوحة (Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to participate in Doha Arabian Gulf Cup) |url=https://elaph.com/Web/Sports/2019/11/1271502.html |website=Elaph |date=12 November 2019 |access-date=13 November 2019 |language=ar |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113004632/https://elaph.com/Web/Sports/2019/11/1271502.html |url-status=live }}

File:Refueling the fight against terrorism 170103-F-XF291-0016.jpg in Qatar]]

On 7 June 2017, the Turkish parliament passed, with 240 votes in favour and 98 against, a legislative act first drafted in May allowing Turkish troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/turkey-fast-track-troops-deployment-qatar-170607151127104.html |title=Turkish parliament approves troop deployment to Qatar |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=8 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611231348/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/turkey-fast-track-troops-deployment-qatar-170607151127104.html |archive-date=11 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/09/turk-j09.html |title=Turkey prepares to send troops to Qatar in conflict with Saudi Arabia |publisher=World Socialist Web Site |date=9 June 2017 |author=Halil Celik and Alex Lantier |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609064129/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/09/turk-j09.html |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} During a speech on 13 June 2017, the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, condemned the boycott of Qatar as "inhumane and against Islamic values" and stated that "victimising Qatar through smear campaigns serves no purpose".{{cite news |title=Turkey's Erdogan decries Qatar's 'inhumane' isolation |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40261479 |access-date=14 June 2017 |publisher=BBC |date=13 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613185712/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40261479 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}} On 23 June 2017, Turkey rejected demands to shut down its military base in Qatar.{{cite news |last1=Schreck |first1=Adam |last2=Lederman |first2=Josh |title=Turkey rejects Gulf Arab states' demands over its Qatar base |url=https://apnews.com/9a12e8024ac245f3b31bdb67c68a9b67/Turkey-rejects-Gulf-Arab-states%27-demands-over-its-Qatar-base |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=Associated Press |date=23 June 2017 |archive-date=12 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912130802/https://apnews.com/9a12e8024ac245f3b31bdb67c68a9b67 |url-status=live }}

Qatar hosts about 10,000 US troops at Al Udeid Air Base, which houses the forward operating base of United States Central Command that is strategically located for US airstrikes in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.{{cite news |publisher=ABC News |title=Trump sides with Saudis, other Arab nations against Qatar |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-arab-leaders-complained-qatar-47861002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612005732/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-arab-leaders-complained-qatar-47861002 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |title=The Latest: Trump says Qatar dispute could end terror |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-trump-says-qatar-dispute-could-end-terror/2017/06/06/4ccabb7c-4ac8-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606200453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-trump-says-qatar-dispute-could-end-terror/2017/06/06/4ccabb7c-4ac8-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html |archive-date=6 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/world/1475326-trump-sides-with-saudis-other-arab-nations-against-qatar |title=Siding against ally Qatar, Trump injects US into Arab crisis |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=6 June 2017 |website=The Chronicle Herald |agency=The Canadian Press |archive-date=24 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924114240/http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/world/1475326-trump-sides-with-saudis-other-arab-nations-against-qatar/ |url-status=live }} A Pentagon spokesperson claimed the diplomatic crisis would not affect the US military missions in Qatar.

On 30 January 2018 an inaugural United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue meeting was held, co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs{{cite web|url=https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/ministries/minister-of-state-for-defence-affairs/|title=Minister of State for Defence Affairs|website=Government Communications Office|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330060859/https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/ministries/minister-of-state-for-defence-affairs/|url-status=live}} Khalid al-Attiyah and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The meeting expressed the need for an immediate resolution of the crisis which respects Qatar's sovereignty. In a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, the United States expressed its readiness to deter and quell any external threat to Qatar's territorial integrity. Qatar offered to help fund the expansion of facilities at US bases in Qatar.{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/qatar-us/551873/ |title=America Wins the Gulf Crisis |last=Calamur |first=Krishnadev |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=9 March 2018 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310010128/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/qatar-us/551873/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/01/277776.htm |title=Joint Statement of the Inaugural United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=30 January 2018 |access-date=9 March 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309183009/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/01/277776.htm |url-status=live }}

On 25 March 2018, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) officially quashed rumours that the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey and the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar will be closed despite the ongoing regional conflict.[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/denies-leaving-air-bases-turkey-qatar-180326073201309.html "US denies leaving air bases in Turkey and Qatar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326213918/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/denies-leaving-air-bases-turkey-qatar-180326073201309.html |date=26 March 2018 }}. Aljazeera News/Turkey. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

File:Combined Air and Space Operations Center 151007-F-MS415-015.jpg (CAOC) in Qatar provides command and control of air power throughout Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and 17 other nations.]]

In January 2018, Qatar's ambassador communicated with Russia with the intent to purchase S-400 surface-to-air missiles. Both countries signed an agreement on military and technical cooperation in 2017. In May 2018, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reported that King Salman of Saudi Arabia would take military action if Qatar installed the Russian air defence system. However, a senior Russian official remarked the system would still be delivered even against the will of Saudi Arabia.[https://in.reuters.com/article/saudi-qatar-france/saudi-arabia-threatens-military-action-if-qatar-deploys-anti-aircraft-missiles-report-idINKCN1IY0IJ "Saudi Arabia threatens military action if Qatar deploys anti-aircraft missiles – report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602224647/https://in.reuters.com/article/saudi-qatar-france/saudi-arabia-threatens-military-action-if-qatar-deploys-anti-aircraft-missiles-report-idINKCN1IY0IJ |date=2 June 2018 }}". Reuters. Retrieved 2 June 2018. The Saudis were themselves approaching Russia to improve economic and military ties in 2017, but bargaining relating to the arms deal was hindered by concerns the United States and Saudi Arabia had with regard to the Russian position towards Iran's military and strategic involvement in the Middle East.[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/russia-supply-400-system-qatar-saudi-position-180602195629315.html Russia 'to supply S-400 system to Qatar' despite Saudi position] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603003105/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/russia-supply-400-system-qatar-saudi-position-180602195629315.html |date=3 June 2018 }}. Al Jazeera News. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

In June 2018, Qatar expressed its wish to join NATO.{{cite news|url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/06/2018/Qatar-eyes-full-NATO-membership-Defense-minister|title=Qatar eyes full NATO membership: Defense minister|work=The Peninsula|date=5 June 2018|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002235442/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/06/2018/Qatar-eyes-full-NATO-membership-Defense-minister|url-status=live}} However, NATO declined Qatar's membership proposal, stating that only additional European countries could join according to Article 10 of NATO's founding treaty.{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2018/06/06/qatar-says-it-wants-to-join-nato|title=Nato rejects Qatar membership ambition|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|date=6 June 2018|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202221638/https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/2018/06/06/qatar-says-it-wants-to-join-nato|url-status=live}} Qatar and NATO have previously signed a security agreement together in January 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_150794.htm|title=Qatar signs security agreement with NATO|publisher=NATO|date=16 January 2018|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=1 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001140343/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_150794.htm|url-status=live}}

During the 148th Session of the Arab League Council at the level of Foreign Ministers which was held in Cairo, Qatar's State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sultan Al Muraikhi, got into a heated argument with Saudi delegate Ahmad Al Qattan. The argument was caused after Al Muraikhi gave a short speech about how Qatar had to go back to supporting Iran after it recalled the Qatari ambassador to Iran to support Saudi Arabia in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Thrar|first1=Abdulrahim|date=2017-09-17|title=Fidio.. Mandūb Al'saudiyah Be'aljam'aat Al'arabiyāh Yah'did.. Wamandūb Qatar Yurid: "Mint Baqdhā"|script-title=ar: فيديو.. مندوب السعودية بالجامعة العربية يهدد.. "ومندوب قطر يرد: "منت بقدها|trans-title=Video.. The representative of Saudi Arabia to the Arab League threatens.. And the Qatari representative responds: "You made a mistake"|url=https://www.al-sharq.com/article/12/09/2017/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7|website=Al Sharq|language=ar|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029160153/https://al-sharq.com/article/12/09/2017/%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%88-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%af%d9%88%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d9%88%d9%85%d9%86%d8%af%d9%88%d8%a8-%d9%82%d8%b7%d8%b1-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%af-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d9%82%d8%af%d9%87%d8%a7|url-status=live}}

During the semi-final match in the UAE between the Qatar national football team and the tournament hosts the United Arab Emirates, the UAE supporters threw shoes and bottles onto the pitch. This conduct was preceded by booing the Qatari national anthem.{{cite web|title=Qatar 4–0 United Arab Emirates|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47049246|access-date=1 February 2019|publisher=BBC|date=29 January 2019|archive-date=30 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130001533/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47049246|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Watch: Fans throw shoes at the Qatar players after Almoez Ali scores their second goal against the UAE in the AFC Asian Cup 2019|access-date=1 February 2019|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/afc-asian-cup/1031989/watch-fans-throw-shoes-at-the-qatar-players-after-almoez-ali-scores-their-second-goal-against-the-uae-in-the-afc-asian-cup-2019/|author=Aditya|work=Fox Sports Asia|date=29 January 2019|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203024519/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/afc-asian-cup/1031989/watch-fans-throw-shoes-at-the-qatar-players-after-almoez-ali-scores-their-second-goal-against-the-uae-in-the-afc-asian-cup-2019/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Shoes and Insults Flying, Qatar Beats U.A.E. and Advances to Asian Cup Final |date=29 January 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/sports/qatar-uae-boycott-asian-cup.html |agency=Associated Press |access-date=1 February 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130091427/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/sports/qatar-uae-boycott-asian-cup.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Asian Cup: Qatar pelted with shoes by hostile UAE fans as they thrash hosts 4–0 to reach final |access-date=1 February 2019 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/2184193/asian-cup-uae-fans-pelt-qatar-players-shoes-hosts-are-thrashed-4-0 |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=30 January 2019 |agency=Agence France-Presse |archive-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217223726/https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/2184193/asian-cup-uae-fans-pelt-qatar-players-shoes-hosts-are-thrashed-4-0 |url-status=live }}

A British-Sudanese football fan was allegedly beaten by fans for wearing a Qatar football shirt to a match in which Qatar was playing and then arrested by the UAE police.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47135629|title=Briton held in UAE in football shirt row|website=Bbc.com|date=2019-02-06|access-date=2019-02-06|language=en-GB|archive-date=5 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205221629/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47135629|url-status=live}} The Guardian claimed he had been arrested for wearing a Qatar football shirt,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/05/british-man-detained-in-uae-after-wearing-qatar-football-t-shirt-to-match|title=British man detained in UAE after wearing Qatar football shirt to match|first=Diane|last=Taylor|date=5 February 2019|access-date=6 February 2019|website=Theguardian.com|archive-date=5 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205223747/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/05/british-man-detained-in-uae-after-wearing-qatar-football-t-shirt-to-match|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/uae-football-fan-qatar-shirt-arrest-detained-ali-issa-ahmad-police-a8764366.html|title=UK football fan held in United Arab Emirates 'for wearing Qatar shirt to match'|date=5 February 2019|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=5 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205223725/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/uae-football-fan-qatar-shirt-arrest-detained-ali-issa-ahmad-police-a8764366.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/06/friends-of-uk-football-fan-detained-in-uae-call-for-his-release-qatar|title=UAE officials suggest detained UK football fan beat himself up|first=Diane|last=Taylor|date=6 February 2019|access-date=6 February 2019|website=Theguardian.com|archive-date=6 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206153853/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/06/friends-of-uk-football-fan-detained-in-uae-call-for-his-release-qatar|url-status=live}} but this was denied by UAE authorities who stated he had been arrested for wasting police time and making false statements of being assaulted.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-britain-arrests/uae-denies-british-man-detained-for-showing-qatar-support-idUSKCN1PV0F5|title=UAE denies British man detained for showing Qatar support|date=5 February 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=6 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206104942/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-britain-arrests/uae-denies-british-man-detained-for-showing-qatar-support-idUSKCN1PV0F5|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11629525/uae-denies-arresting-british-national-for-wearing-qatar-shirt|title=UAE denies arresting British national for wearing Qatar shirt|publisher=Sky Sports|date=6 February 2019|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020209/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11629525/uae-denies-arresting-british-national-for-wearing-qatar-shirt|url-status=live}} The National showed photos of other fans waving the Qatari flag and wearing Qatari football shirts without any instances of arrests in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/british-football-fan-arrested-for-misleading-uae-police-1.822499#2|title=British football fan arrested for misleading UAE police|work=The National|date=6 February 2019|access-date=7 February 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125444/https://www.thenational.ae/uae/british-football-fan-arrested-for-misleading-uae-police-1.822499#2|url-status=live}}

In late September, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in a letter asked FIFA to replace Qatar as 2022 FIFA World Cup host, calling the country as a "base of terrorism", Although FIFA said that their president Gianni Infantino had not received any such document. “The FIFA president has never received such a letter and subsequently has not done any comment on that,” stated a FIFA spokesman.{{cite news |title=Boycott nations demand FIFA strips Qatar of 2022 World Cup - report |url=https://de.reuters.com/article/ozasp-uk-soccer-worldcup-qatar-idAFKBN1A1070-OZASP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926120758/https://de.reuters.com/article/ozasp-uk-soccer-worldcup-qatar-idAFKBN1A1070-OZASP |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2020 |work=Reuters |date=16 July 2017}} Hassan Al Thawadi, general secretary of Qatar's FIFA World Cup organizing committee, denied these claims and stated that the various logistical issues arising from the crisis were being resolved.{{cite news |title=2022 World Cup head tells Germany: Qatar doesn't back terror |url=https://apnews.com/article/810ec0a21421476eb673e4c6cd2bcf29 |work=Associated Press |date=10 November 2017 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205063013/https://apnews.com/article/810ec0a21421476eb673e4c6cd2bcf29 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Gulf blockade 'poses no risk to Qatar World Cup' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2017/10/6/gulf-blockade-poses-no-risk-to-qatar-world-cup |work=Al-Jazeera |date=6 October 2017 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618215321/https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2017/10/6/gulf-blockade-poses-no-risk-to-qatar-world-cup |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/gulf-blockade-poses-risk-qatar-world-cup-171006210428080.html |title=Gulf blockade 'poses no risk to Qatar World Cup' | Qatar News | al Jazeera |access-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008154735/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/gulf-blockade-poses-risk-qatar-world-cup-171006210428080.html |archive-date=8 October 2017 |df=dmy-all}} The World Cup took place in Qatar in November and December 2022 as planned.

An article published by the Financial Times stated that, according to people briefed on the matter, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia moved towards ending the 2017 blockade against the State of Qatar after the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in 2020. An advisor to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, was quoted as calling the shift in the Kingdom's policy towards Qatar "a gift for Biden" signaling that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had shown willingness "to take steps" towards resolving differences with Qatar. The prince is said to have been intimidated by the incoming administration, as the former administration had reportedly supported the Riyadh government in times of crisis such as casualties in the Yemen war, detention of activists, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, etc. On the other hand, UAE's ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, was quoted as stating that ending the dispute was not a priority, referring to the ongoing differences with the blockaded nation.{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ae7e041f-ff4b-4df7-8b2b-06488e17a91c|title=Saudi Arabia seeks to resolve Qatar crisis as 'gift' to Joe Biden|access-date=27 November 2020|website=Financial Times|date=27 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127151257/https://www.ft.com/content/ae7e041f-ff4b-4df7-8b2b-06488e17a91c|url-status=live}}

On 4 January 2021, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia's neighbour and a fellow GCC member, along with the United States, jointly brokered a deal in which Saudi Arabia would end its blockade of Qatar and reopen their shared land border.{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/4/saudi-arabia-qatar-agree-to-open-airspace-land-and-sea-border |title=Saudi Arabia 'to open airspace, land and sea border' with Qatar |website=Al Jazeera |date=4 January 2021 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105055511/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/4/saudi-arabia-qatar-agree-to-open-airspace-land-and-sea-border |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Saudi lifts Qatar blockade as breakthrough agreement eases Gulf crisis |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-lifts-blockade-qatar-breakthrough-agreement-eases-gulf-crisis-n1250102 |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105204838/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-lifts-blockade-qatar-breakthrough-agreement-eases-gulf-crisis-n1250102 |url-status=live }}

On 5 January 2021, Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia, for a GCC summit.{{cite news|title= Saudi crown prince greets Qatar emir for reconciliation summit|url= https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-crown-prince-greets-qatar-101843822.html|date= 5 January 2021|access-date= 5 January 2021|publisher= Agence France-Presse|archive-date= 5 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210105105120/https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-crown-prince-greets-qatar-101843822.html|url-status= live}} Later, the leaders signed the Al-'Ula statement. Before the signing, Bin Salman said that the support of Kuwait and the United States had resulted in "the Al-'Ula declaration agreement that will be signed at this blessed summit, in which the Gulf, Arab and Islamic solidarity and stability were emphasized." In addition to the statement, a final communique was signed. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud said Saudi Arabia and its allies agreed to restore full ties with Doha, including resumption of flights. Qatar did not fulfill any of the original 13 demands, analysts saying that the Gulf states agreed instead to a joint security declaration.{{cite news|title=Blockade of Qatar has been lifted, defeat of Bin Salman|url=https://www.atpresentworld.com/2021/01/blockade-on-qatar-has-been-lifted.html?m=1|date=10 January 2021|publisher=Present World|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111071217/https://www.atpresentworld.com/2021/01/blockade-on-qatar-has-been-lifted.html?m=1|url-status=live}}

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomed the end of the crisis and the opening of the airspace, land, and sea borders between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, and Qatar. In a statement issued on 5 January 2021, he expressed hope that the countries concerned will continue to be positive, to strengthen their relations. He also recognized the contributions of the late Emir of Kuwait and late Sultan of Oman, who worked tirelessly towards resolving the Gulf rift.{{cite news |title=UN chief welcomes declaration on resolving the 'Gulf rift' |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1081452 |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=UN News |agency=United Nations News Service |publisher=UN News |date=6 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106100102/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1081452 |url-status=live }} One Middle East policy analyst believed that the secret pact among the Gulf leaders is likely to have been multi-level, which includes several bilateral agreements between individual states rather than a unitary document.Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. (5 Jun 2021). "Analysis: Has the Gulf reconciled after the Qatar blockade?". [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/6/5/has-the-gulf-reconciled-after-the-end-of-the-qatar-blockade Al Jazeera English website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605234233/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/6/5/has-the-gulf-reconciled-after-the-end-of-the-qatar-blockade |date=5 June 2021 }} Retrieved 5 June 2021.

As of July 2023, Bahrain,{{Cite web |title=Bahrain and Qatar Restore Diplomatic Ties |url=https://www.state.gov/bahrain-and-qatar-restore-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}} Chad,{{Cite news |date=2018-02-21 |title=Chad and Qatar restore ties cut in wake of Arab states rift |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-chad-idUSKCN1G515I |access-date=2023-08-21}} Egypt,{{Cite web |title=Egypt and Qatar have 'agreed to resume diplomatic relations' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/20/egypt-and-qatar-agree-to-resume-diplomatic-relations |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} Maldives,{{Cite web |date=2018-11-22 |title=Maldives to restore ties with Qatar and Iran |url=https://maldivesindependent.com/politics/maldives-to-restore-ties-with-qatar-and-iran-142905 |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-US}} Mauritania,{{Cite news |date=2021-03-22 |title=Mauritania Restores Ties With Qatar Amid Arab Rapprochement |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-22/mauritania-restores-ties-with-qatar-amid-arab-rapprochement |access-date=2023-08-21}} Saudi Arabia,{{Cite news |date=2021-01-04 |title=Qatar crisis: Saudi Arabia and allies restore diplomatic ties with emirate |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55538792 |access-date=2023-08-21}} Senegal,{{Cite web |title=Senegal restores its ambassador to Qatar |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/senegal-restores-its-ambassador-to-qatar/890618 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} and the UAE{{Cite web |title=Qatar appoints ambassador to UAE after years-long rift |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/qatar-appoints-ambassador-to-uae-after-years-long-rift/2952692 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} had restored diplomatic ties with Qatar.

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