Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen border'

Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a years-long crippling blockade of Qatar and re-open its borders in a breakthrough agreement, due to be signed on Tuesday.

The deal, first reported by both United States and Kuwaiti officials, looks set to heal a bitter rift between Gulf Cooperation Council countries that has torn the region apart.

Kuwait’s foreign minister, who reportedly travelled to Doha on Monday, said in a televised comment that Riyadh had agreed to reopen its airspace, land and sea border to its tiny Gulf neighbour as of Monday.

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