Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on July 23-24

Qatar's Defence Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah said no country has the right to call for the closure of the Turkish base in Doha.

If war in the Middle East is the outcome of this boycott, the consequences would be terrible.

The comments were used as justification for a UAE and Saudi Arabia-led diplomatic ostracism of Qatar, including a trade and transport embargo.

The comments attributed to Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani had called Iran an Islamic power but a Washington Post report this week - citing USA intelligence officials - say information shows senior UAE government officials discussing a plan to launch the attack.

"What is true is Qatar's behaviour". Ankara's Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated government has enhanced its military support to Doha since the start of the conflict. Rather than isolating Qatar, it has deepened Qatari ties with regional powers Turkey and Iran.

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"Turkey has serious economic relations with all of the countries involved".

"US leverage has receded", Brown said. The wars showed the "inability of the United States to reach its aims" and unleashed "centrifugal forces", Adams said.

Infantino said the six countries had threatened to boycott the tournament should their request not be acted upon. "Not only is the region in turmoil, Washington is in continuous turmoil", Adams said.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended talks with ministers from Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies last week over how to end a month-long rift with Qatar, but there was no immediate word of any breakthrough. Officials from their governments - as well as junior partners Egypt and Bahrain - described the punitive sanctions they collectively slapped on Qatar in early June as an unfortunate but necessary action, aimed at bringing Qatar to heel.

Trump has already signaled that he's done with tiptoeing around the issue, tweeting what has been open secret: Qatar supports terrorism.

In breaking ties, Saudi Arabia announced that it was working to "protect national security from the dangers of terrorism and extremism". The State Department has sought to manage the sticky situation by not explicitly taking sides, given that the U.S. really has an interest in maintaining strong ties with every one of the countries involved - including Qatar, which hosts over 10,000 USA military personnel and a base that's crucial to the US-led war against ISIS. They demanded Doha shutter the Turkish military base in the country. The Qataris can still decide to come in from the cold, but the days of playing both sides are running out.