EghtesadOnline: France is seeking an end to the isolation of Qatar that has separated families across the region amid a spat between a Saudi-led group of nations and their gas-rich neighbor.

EghtesadOnline: The Saudi-led bloc boycotting Qatar said a counter-terrorism pact struck with the U.S. in Doha to strengthen Qatari action against terrorist funding “isn’t enough” to end the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis.

EghtesadOnline: The release of two secret accords that helped end a 10-month diplomatic impasse between Qatar and some of its Persian Gulf neighbors nearly three years ago is fueling the spat that has convulsed the region since early June.

EghtesadOnline: Qatar and the U.S. on Tuesday struck a pact to strengthen Qatari action against terrorist funding, an issue at the center of the diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf that has pit longstanding American allies against each other.