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Qatar ruler due in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade

by Isabel DebreAmr Nabil
| January 5, 2021 12:03 AM

AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Qatar's ruler was to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, following an announcement that the kingdom would open its airspace and land border with its tiny Gulf neighbor. It was the first major step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defense partners, frayed societal ties and tore apart a traditionally clubby alliance of Arab states.

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