Four major Arab nations, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt severed all of its diplomatic ties with Qatar in early June citing the latter’s support for extremist groups, terrorist organizations and meddling in other countries’ affairs. On June 22nd, this Saudi-led group handed Qatar a 13-point demands list via Qatar, which is mediating in the crisis and demanded compliance within 10 days. Here is the full list,

• Iran: Lower representation with Iran, close attaches, IRGC and elements affiliated should leave Qatar. Limit cooperation to trade without violating either US and US sanctions or GCC security. Cut military and Intel cooperation with Iran.
• Turkey: Shot down Turkey base that was recently established, stop cooperation with Turkey military inside Qatar territory.
• Terrorism: Qatar declares that it cuts relations all terrorist, sectarian, and ideological groups, on top of them Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Qaeda, Fateh Sham (Nusra), Hezbollah.
• Funding: Stop all Qatar funding of any kind to terrorist or extremist individuals, entities or organizations.
• Designations: Qatar hands all those terrorist designated and those requested by four countries (who wrote demands) and terrorist elements on US and International lists, freeze their assets, and don’t harbor more elements in future, offer Intel on members especially related to movement, finances.
• Al-Jazeera: Shut down Al-Jazeera channel and offshoots.
• Interference: Stop interfering other countries’ domestic affairs. Don’t grant citizenship to anyone from 4 countries (who wrote demands), strip citizenship from those that have been granted who violates law of these countries. Cut relations with opposition elements in these countries and hand over relevant files.
• Compensation: Give compensations to victims and losses on 4 countries because of Qatar policy in last few years. Agreement would decide mechanism.
• Riyadh agreement: Qatar commits to be harmonious with its Gulf and Arab surroundings on all levels (militarily, politically, economically, socially), in a way that respects Gulf and Arab security and active Riyadh agreement from 2013 and the second Riyadh agreement in 2014.
• Opposition: Qatar hands over records/data on opposition they supported and kind of support they received.
• Media: Shut down all media supported by Qatar directly or indirectly (for example Arab 21, Rasd, Araby Jadid/new Arab, Sharq, Middle East eye, etc….these are examples not exclusive)
• Time Frame: All these demands have to be agreed in 10 days or will be voided.
• Reports: Agreement will have clear goals and mechanism and will be followed up with periodic reports, monthly for first year, every 3 months for second year and once every year for next 10 years.

When Qatar didn’t give into the demands, the deadline was extended for another two days. Qatar responded that it can’t comply with many of the demands as they are not true while others are an attack on Qatar’s sovereignty. Meanwhile, in the presence of US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, Qatar signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) on terrorist financing.

The recent media reports suggest that the Saudi-led bloc is slightly easing their pressure on Qatar. Senior diplomats from the four Arab countries that have broken ties with Qatar indicated on Tuesday that they were no longer insisting on 13 precise demands that the Qataris must satisfy, or on a specific deadline for them to comply. Instead, they are now looking for an agreement on six broad principles that include both financing of extremist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and meddling in other countries’ affairs.