Players in Qatar-Saudi standoff

SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
(top left) and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (below left) claim Qatar supports terrorism including Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood

QATAR
Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani: “We do not support Hamas, we support the Palestinian people”

HAMAS: Qatar is safe haven for group, including outgoing leader, Khaled Meshaal (left)

GAZA STRIP Qatar has given $813.5 million for construction, medical aid and fuel since 2012

TURKEY: Flying food to Qatar to beat blockade. Regional hub for Muslim Brotherhood which President Erdogan (above) considers an ideological organisation. Signed defence pact with Qatar in 2015

IRAN: Providing 100 tonnes of food aid per day to Qatar, with which it shares world’s largest natural gas field. Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signed security pact with Qatar in 2010

U.S.: President Donald Trump claims credit for standoff. 11,000 military personnel at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base – forward HQ for U.S. Central Command


Sources: Al-Monitor, Atlantic Council, National Interest 

Pictures: Getty Images 

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