Gulf feud nears end as Saudi, UAE, Bahrain join Qatar football tourney

All 3 nations cut ties with Doha over Islamist extremists and regional rival Iran in 2017. FMTNews Iran Football SaudiArabia

KUWAIT CITY: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have said they will participate in this month’s Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament in Qatar, signalling a thaw in their bitter two-year feud.

In a U-turn, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation said on Twitter on Tuesday that it had accepted the invitation to take part in the tournament, due to be held between Nov 24 and Dec 6. The announcements signal a possible easing of the bitter rift between Doha and the Riyadh-led group, which had imposed bans on shipping, trade, direct flights, overflights and land crossings with Qatar.

Qatar also shrugged off the Saudi-led group’s demands to end the crisis, including shutting Doha-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera, closing a Turkish military base in the emirate and downgrading Qatari diplomatic ties with Iran.

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