Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Signs of an early return of the Saudi-Qatari conflict

There are signs already.  The Saudi-Qatari relations are not as good as they were months ago.  Knowing how much those two ruling families hate each other, I knew it could not last.  Just compare the coverage of Egypt on Aljazeera (the House of Thani TV) and Al-Arabiyyah (the House of Saudi TV): the former was supporting Mursi and the latter supporting Shafiq.  I expect things to get only worse.  Nayif was in favor of rapprochement with Qatar (because he feared the influence of Aljazeera's attack on the Kingdom) and Salman was fiercely opposed.