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Qatar crisis: UAE threatens sympathisers with prison
Source: BBC
The United Arab Emirates has warned that anyone expressing sympathy for Qatar could face up to 15 years in prison, as a regional crisis escalates.
UAE officials said Qatar needed to end its support for terrorist groups, a claim the Gulf state strongly denies.
Several countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt cut travel and diplomatic links with Qatar on Monday.
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Reports say Iran and Turkey are also planning to airlift food and water into the country as supplies run low.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40192730
And Trump, after crapping out tweets welcoming the shunning of Qatar, has now phoned Qatar to pretend to be the one who can get talks going. "Mr Trump stressed the importance of countries in the region working together, the White House said." Oh yeah, that sounds sincere from the guy who was tweeting the day before how the action against Qatar was going to end all terrorism.
