Qatar tensions easing? Qatari officials are ready to consider the concerns of their neighbors and respond to these efforts, said Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Subah Khaled Al Subah in a statement. He added that resolving the rift was an inevitability. "Is this the beginning of wisdom and reasonable thinking? I hope so," UAE minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said, according to Reuters. The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain issuedjoint statements announcing setting up of a hotline to handle humanitarian issues of Qataris. The Financial Times is noting the timing of this easing follows a call by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the GCC to ease the blockade on Qatar. The move, however, follows Egypt raising its threat level out of concerns of an escalation of terror attacks following Qatar’s blockade.

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