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  • Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict
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  • Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict
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  • diplomatic dispute
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  • Qatar and Saudi Arabia on the other
  • Qatar–Saudi Arabia
  • dispute between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
  • severe deterioration
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  • Muslim Brotherhood
  • (from 2011)
  • (from 2013)
  • (2016–2018)
  • (2017–2018)
  • (June 2017 – Feb 2018)
  • (June–Aug 2017)
  • *25pxHamas
  • *Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt
  • Libyan HoR(from 2014)
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  • Government is unrecognized by the international community.
  • Syrian Liberation FrontandTahrir al-Sham's predecessor, theAl-Nusra Front, were allied under theArmy of Conquestfrom March 2015 to January 2017.
  • TheGNA governmentachieved widespread international recognition after it was formed in January 2016, replacing theNational Salvation Government.
  • TheGCC coalitionsupporting theAden-based governmentexpelled Qatar in 2017.
  • HTS's predecessor (theAl-Nusra Front) andISIL's predecessor (ISI) were alliedal-Qaedabranches until April 2013. An ISI-proposed merger of the two into ISIL was rejected by the Al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda cut all affiliation with ISIL in February 2014.
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  • Syria: Qatar is the main supporter of the initialpeaceful protestsagainst PresidentBashar al-Assad, alongsideTurkey. In 2012, Saudi Arabia involves itself in the resultingcivil waras Qatari and Turkish influence grows among the rebels and Assadbecomes more dependant on Iran. The KSA and Qatar back rival rebels, benefitting the Assad axis and what in 2014 becomes theIslamic State. In 2015, increased Saudi-Qatari coordination followingSalman of Saudi Arabia's ascension to the throne leads toRussian military intervention on Assad's behalf.
  • Yemen: Al Jazeera coverage of 2011-2012 protests against PresidentAli Abdullah Salehlead to brief mediation by theGulf Cooperation Council(GCC), until Saleh refuses to resign and briefly goes to KSA for medical care. Saleh is ousted in theYemeni Revolutionin 2012, but reemerges to support the 2014-2015Houthi takeover in Yemen. Qatar supports the 2015Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemenagainst theHouthisand Saleh, but is forced by the KSA to withdraw from the conflict in 2017.
  • Egypt: Al Jazeera's landmark moment is the widespread coverage of the January–February 2011Egyptian Revolutionagainst PresidentHosni Mubarak. The next year, pro-Qatar,Muslim Brotherhood-affiliatedMohamed Morsiisdemocratically-elected president, but is overthrown the next year by a2013 Egyptian coup d'étatsupported by the KSA andUAE. Under GeneralAbdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt has been a staunch supporter of the KSA and UAE.
  • 2011Tunisian RevolutionsparksArab Spring.Saudi-led interventions in Bahrain (2011)andYemen(2015), KSA/UAE-backed military coup inEgypt(2013).
  • Bahrain: Acivil uprisingof the majorityShiaagainst theSunnimonarchy, covered widely by Al Jazeera, is crushed bySaudi-led interventionon 14 March 2011. Bahrain becomes extremely pro-KSA afterwards.
  • No official relations betweenArab LeaguecountriesQatarand: GCC membersQatarandSaudi Arabia, theUAEand Bahrain (during part of 2014 and2017–18);Egypt,Jordan,Comoros,Mauritania, andYemen(2017–2018). Qatar and the GCC-Egyptian quartet backing rival groups in theSyrian Civil War(map) andLibyan Civil War
  • Tunisia: Qatari news outletAl Jazeerasupports the successful ouster of PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali, who flees to Saudi Arabia in January 2011Tunisian Revolution. Tunisia transitions to a democracy.
  • Libya:Leader Muammar Gaddafi killedfollowing2011 revolutionwhich saw Qatari and other military intervention on the side of the revolutionaryNational Transitional Council. Since thecivil war escalated in 2014, the KSA/UAE and Qatar have supported rival factions in Libya.
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