Sunday 25 June 2017

Middle East Snapshot

Three weeks ago, on 5th June, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain decided to completely sever ties with Qatar. And some experts have been calling this the biggest political crisis to hit the Middle East in years.
In the aim to end the Qatar's crisis with Saudi Arabia and Gulf neighbors, last week the four Arab countries, that imposed a regional embargo on Qatar, issued list of demands which included shutting down the Al Jazeera, the Qatar's state-backed media network.
In my opinion, everybody who wants to keep Middle East frozen, in a state of crude oil autocracy, would like to close Al Jazeera and its usual comprehensive and impartial coverage of events around the world.