The Bahraini parliament passed (Tuesday June 20, 2017) an urgent proposal to pursue all those whose names were mentioned in the phone call recently broadcasted on Bahrain TV.

In a speech delivered in front of the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad during his visit to the Royal Guard Forces, Nasser bin Hamad, son of Bahrain’s King, accused Qatar, without naming it, of “hypocrisy and plotting”.

The Saudi journalist and host at Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Channel, announced his resignation.

The IBT website said that Qatari soldiers would no longer be a part of the anti-terrorism fight in Bahrain. The Bahrain government has ordered Qatari troops serving with the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (Navcent) to leave the country within two days.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Monday that he plans to travel to the United States next week to discuss the impact of a rift with Gulf Arab states on its economy and on the fight against terrorism.

Barclays (BARC.L) and four former top executives were charged with fraud on Tuesday over undisclosed payments to Qatari investors as part of a 12 billion pound ($15 billion) emergency fundraising during the financial crisis in 2008.

Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbors to resolve the Gulf dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott they imposed two weeks ago, its foreign minister said, but added Doha still believed a solution was possible.

Emirates Writers Union banned its members from dealing with any Qatari organization or participating in any activity organized or financed by Qatar.

Two years after launching headfirst into a conflict in Yemen that has no end in sight, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have astonished the world again, this time with a severe boycott of neighboring Qatar.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it is “not part of the Gulf crisis over Qatar”, commenting on the recent propaganda against it. Al-Wefaq confirmed that it “has, since the beginning of the crisis, received many initiatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and other foreign countries.

Qatar's main seaport shows all the signs of having weathered the storm. Workers in hard hats monitor as giant yellow cranes lift hundreds of containers off cargo ships onto lorries waiting ashore.

Qatar will not cut off gas to the United Arab Emirates despite a diplomatic dispute and a "force majeure" clause in its contract, the chief executive of Qatar Petroleum told Al Jazeera network, two weeks after some Gulf Arab states severed ties with Doha.

Qatar hit out on Monday at four Arab nations for cutting diplomatic ties and transport links over Doha's alleged support for terrorism, accusing them of a "publicity stunt" aimed solely at attacking its image and reputation.

Turkish troops have taken part in long-planned joint military exercises in Qatar, military sources and al Jazeera television reported on Monday, following a diplomatic rift between Doha and four other Arab states.

A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said on Monday Qatar's powerful Arab neighbours could continue to isolate it "for years" if it did not change course in its policy of supporting extremists and jihadist groups.

Ambassadors of Bahrain, the Emirates, Egypt and the Charge D’Affaires of Saudi Arabia to Seoul met Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs of Republic of Korea, Ambassador Lee Jeong Kyu at the premises of the Korean Foreign Ministry.

Bahrain has ordered Qatari troops stationed in the island Kingdom under the US Naval Forces Central Command to exit the country within 48 hours.

The Bahraini National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) confirmed that it hasn’t received any complaints from any Bahraini or residing family, as a result of cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar.

The Persian Gulf countries have threatened Qatar with more sanctions should Doha refuse to meet their demands on ceasing the support of terrorism, Bahraini Ambassador to Russia Ahmed Saati told Sputnik.

The Russian Special Presidential Representative to the Middle East and Africa and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, said that his country assures that no country should intervene in the crisis, which should be “solved by dialogue within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) GCC or the Arab League”.