Tun lokacin da ya hau mulki a 1995, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani ya yi imanin cewa Qatar za ta iya samun tsaro ne kawai ta hanyar canza kanta daga Saudiyya zuwa abokin hamayyar Saudiyya. Saudiyya ta janye jakadanta zuwa Doha daga 2002 zuwa 2008 don kokarin matsa lamba kan Qatar don dakile halayyar mutumtaka. Wannan tsarin ya kasa. Fitowar Larabawa ta bar wani fanko na iko wanda Saudiyya da Qatar suka nemi cikawa, tare da Qatar suna goyon bayan juyin juya halin juyin juya hali kuma Saudiyya ta yi adawa da shi; tunda jihohin biyu abokan kawancen Amurka ne, suna gujewa rikici kai tsaye da juna. Qatar tana da bambance-bambance da sauran gwamnatocin Larabawa kan batutuwa da dama: tana watsa Al Jazeera; ana zargin ta da kasancewa da kyakkyawar dangantaka da Iran; kuma tana goyon bayan 'yan uwa Musulmi a baya. An zargi Qatar da tallafawa ta'addanci a baya. Wasu ƙasashen Amurka sun zargi Qatar da tallafawa ta'addanci. Qatar ta ba da damar tallafawa kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye na Amurka a Doha, ciki har da Siriya.
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