mission

you all talk about the UAE/KSA cutting off supplies...however i am sure Iran will come to the aid of Qatar

DXBtoDOH

Nothing. Except that there's no direct flights between Qatar and UAE regardless of the airline.

I'd have to fly via Kuwait or Muscat, which turns a quick hour long jaunt into a 5-7 hour journey, not including airport time.

DXBtoDOH

Philippines is blocking new workers from going to Qatar.

Whoa. This is now serious. Who's going to scrub the toilets now?

mission

Millhouse

next we will hear that the people traffickers have joined the club.

jam25mack

Bahtatboy

The final straw.

Millhouse

Yeh. Cut the Netflix lines and people get pussy.

Miss Ann Thrope

Huh? Assuming you meant pissy, I think the same and more applies to BeIN sports, much beloved of locals here, many of whom I know were never happy that UAE had allowed the Qataris to corner the sports TV market. AD Sports never sustained the financial muscle to hang onto PL football and a few other events that it had - kind of typical AD to make a big initial splash and then beat a slow inevitable retreat: think Masdar, mega-museums, WOMAD (anybody remember that?) etc.

I note that a link on the National to it's own article on the suspension of this service in the UAE is no longer available. Also, the chatterers on Dubai Eye sports report were audibly jittery in avoiding a question about where the French Open could be viewed - eventually saying that it wasn't on TV. That suggests to me that the powers that be do not want this subject discussed...

Miss Ann Thrope

This is fascinating. It suggests to me that the Emir of Qatar is being censored by forces within his own country who want to appease the Saudis. I find it hard to disagree with any of the comments that the Emir is reported to have made, though he is surprisingly directly insolent about Trump which maybe supports the hacking contention. The GN report itself seems confused switching from an initial direct report of the Emir's supposed comments to a later contention that is was due to hacking...

Qatar emir rejects terror label | GulfNews.com

Millhouse

Autocorrect. Clearly I must type pussy more often than I do pissy ...

IKnowNothing

OK it's 3 years old but I do miss the Pan-Arabia Enquirer.

Qatar to bar Saudis, Bahrainis and Emiratis from Harrods

Meow

And now Mauritania has cut ties. The horror! Will this be the proverbial straw that gets Qatar to apologise or backtrack?

DXBtoDOH

It's no joke.

Holders of Qatar visas are now banned from entering the UAE. This includes proud holders of UK passports.

Never thought I'd be banned from entering a country. Wow.

DXBtoDOH

In related news, two big Asian shipping companies are suspending shipping to Qatar until this thing is sorted out.