Is Egypt ready to turn page on Gulf crisis with Qatar? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rasha Mahmoud

Rasha Mahmoud

Dec 11, 2020

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah (C) attend a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with foreign ministers and military officials from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, on Oct. 29, 2017. Sheikh Sabah is now Kuwait's prime minister. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

A general view of the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing with Saudi Arabia on June 23, 2017.
On June 5, Saudi Arabia and its allies cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar, pulling their ambassadors from the gas-rich emirate and giving its citizens a two-week deadline to leave their territory. The measures also included closing Qatar's only land border, banning its planes from using their airspace and barring Qatari nationals from transiting through their airports. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR (

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