How the Qatar Crisis Shook Up the World's Supply of Helium

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Would someone here be able to provide a link (or text) to a summary of whats going on with Qatar?

Here's a link to an interesting audio summary:

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/06/16/533272737/episo...

And here's a Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis

In brief, Qatar has been squabbling with the other Arab states (UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain) over a variety of issues, primarily resentment of Al Jazeera, Qatar's state-sponsored news network, and concern over Qatar's close relationship with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Things came to a head recently, when the other Arab nations declared an embargo on Qatar, which is land-locked and relies nearly 100% on imported food.

Hey, thank you! :)

Qatar is literally the opposite of landlocked, since it sits on a peninsula.

You're right, that's totally the wrong word.

What I meant to say is that it is hemmed in by land, since its only land border is with Saudi Arabia, who are leading the boycott. And, Qatar doesn't have any deep-water ports.

This article might be biaised, but it provides a lot of information on the Quatar crisis: http://theantimedia.org/qatar-crisis-natural-gas-terrorism/a...

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