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Middle East freezes out Qatar: What you need to know
(CNN)It's the biggest political crisis to hit the Middle East in years.
Qatari nationals are now officially on notice to leave neighboring countries within two weeks after an unprecedented diplomatic freeze of the nation by key allies and neighbors.
A total of nine nations have so far moved to indefinitely sever ties with Qatar --- a country of nearly 2.3 million people, mostly foreign workers.
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Only four countries are involved in the embargo - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain... and the Saudis are the ringleaders.
The rest of the Middle East nations eg. Kuwait, Iraq want no part of the dispute - or actively support Qatar in resisting the Saudi demands... eg. Turkey, Iran.
Europe (and the rest of the world, more or less) is asking everyone to chill out... while the USA has gone simultaneously in opposite directions with Trump tweeting his support of the Saudi lead boycott - while at the same time the State Department and Pentagon were flagging how Qatar was a 'great ally' in the war against terror. Hardly surprising given that the largest US military base in all of the Middle East is inside Qatar.
And Israel ? Sounds like the whole thing was their idea...Everything is self-evident.
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