09/06/2017
Trump slams Qatar's actions as neighbours apply terror sanctions
ABU DHABI // The UAE and Saudi Arabia along with the allied states who have joined them in isolating Qatar have named 59 individuals and 12 organisations for terror sanctions, putting increased pressure on Doha. The terrorist designations, also enacted by Bahrain and Egypt, were announced early on Friday, after the Turkish parliament approved accelerated plans to send troops to the country's base in Qatar, and as Doha called for US president Donald Trump to mediate. Mr Trump on Friday said Qatar had a history of funding terrorism at a very high level, and said it must stop immediately. No civilised nation can tolerate this violence or allow this wicked ideology to spread on its shores,...
