As the spotlight returns to the yearslong rift among Gulf countries and Qatar, and new reports claim an end may be in sight, there are massive challenges ahead for Gulf economies — even if the dispute is brought to a successful end.
Four Arab countries imposed an embargo on Qatar in mid-2017, in the hope that it would force the gas-rich emirate to kneel down and comply to a list of 13 demands that included severing ties with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as shutting down Al Jazeera.
