Gulf diplomatic crisis: Qatar asks its citizens to leave United Arab Emirates within 14 days firstpost.com

Qatar on Monday asked its citizens to leave the United Arab Emirates within 14 days to comply with a decision by Abu Dhabi to sever ties with Doha. Those who cannot travel directly to Doha should go through Kuwait or Oman, it said. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut relations with Qatar in a coordinated move. Yemen, Libya's eastern-based government and the Maldives joined in later.

Qatar denounced the move as based on lies about it supporting militants. It has often been accused of being a funding source for Islamists, as has Saudi Arabia