Writer: Asist.lecturer Hawraa Al-Yasiri/ legal studies department
Translated by: Hiba Abbas Mohammed
Gulf states have a closely peaceful social, economic, and political relations, but sometimes things happen and affecting these relations.
Their relations have been based on cooperation and consensus in most of their domestic, regional and even international affairs, but the crisis between Qatar and other Gulf states started as a media campaign against Qatar then changed to a Formal political decisions after the declaration of some Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt)of cutting their economic, political, commercial and even diplomatic relations with Qatar in 5th June 2017.
There is some causes of this crisis
Some believe that Qatar supports the Islamic groups like the muslim brotherhood and hezbullah, and the United Arab Emirates fears renewal of their activities inside it.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates think that the developing of Qatari-Iranian relations can form an alliance between Qatar and Iran threaten it’s internal and external security.
The obvious conflict between Qatar and United Arab Emirates policies because of the firsts support and position on Arab spring revolutions in some Arab countries, and fearing from happening in Gulf states and bring down their rulers , like the media cloak of Bahrain’s protests that erupted in 2011 till now.
Al-Ula city in Saudi hosted the 41st Gulf summit, witnessed the declaration of the end of the Gulf states crisis that lasted for more than four years between Qatar and (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt), return of transport and trade movement between Qatar and United Arab Emirates and reopened all land, sea and air outlets with Qatar.
Finally, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt tried to alert the Qatari government to improve it’s internal and external political performance to cut it’s relations with Islamic groups like Islamic brotherhood , as well as the seeking Of the United Arab Emirates and its allies to break the expected Qatari-Iranian relations.
