The US and Kuwait have begun their latest push to calm the Qatar Smackdown. The Trump administration has sent two envoys to the region to spread oil on troubled waters. Former head of US Central Command Anthony Zinni and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Timothy Lenderking are touring Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt. Meanwhile a Kuwaiti delegation will be engaging in shuttle diplomacy to keep reconciliation talks moving, Bloomberg reports. Reuters also has the story. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah landed in Cairo yesterday for a meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, reports KUNA. Al Sabah delivered a letter to El Sisi from the Emir of Kuwait.

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