Qatar-Saudi border reopens

Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border yesterday, Qatari sources told AFP, as they restore ties following a landmark deal to end a three and a half year rift. Saudi shut its side of Qatar's only land border in June 2017 as part of a package of sanctions it said was a response to Doha's backing for radical Islamist groups and closeness to Iran. Qatar always denied the charges. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt which also imposed an embargo on travel and trade, agreed to lift the restrictions at a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the kingdom on Tuesday.