{"id":1098,"date":"2017-12-20T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-12-20T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:08:59","slug":"the-saudi-qatar-land-border-has-been-permanently-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-saudi-qatar-land-border-has-been-permanently-shut\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saudi-Qatar Land Border Has Been Permanently Shut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Qatar has only one land border, which is at Silwa.<\/p>\n<h3>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/mideast\/2017\/12\/19\/saudi-arabia-closes-only-border-gate-with-qatar\">The Daily Sabah<\/a>, the Salwa Border Gate has been closed upon a circular issued by the Saudi Customs Directorate.<\/h3>\n<p>The gate has been closed before, just two weeks after the diplomatic crisis broke out on the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of June. However, it was reopened in August for the passage of Qatari pilgrims and thereafter has remained open mainly for humanitarian reasons.<\/p>\n<h3>The Saudi-led boycott against Qatar has clearly listed its demands but so far Qatar has not accepted them.<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this week, a GCC meeting in Kuwait failed to bring the standoff any closer to a resolution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qatar has only one land border, which is at Silwa. According to the The Daily Sabah, the Salwa Border Gate has been closed upon a circular issued by the Saudi Customs Directorate. The gate has been closed before, just two weeks after the diplomatic crisis broke out on the 5th of June. 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