Reuters Blasted by Saudi Prince at OPEC

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This seems to be a particularly unenlightening video. Basically, it's Abdel-Aziz of the UAE denying the factuality of a Reuters report. This looks like the raw material for a news report, but not a news report in itself. And it's good to keep in mind than when the UAE along with the Saudis cut relations with Qatar they cited alleged hostile quotes from the leader of Qatar. As US intelligence later reported, the UAE had actually hacked into Qatari govt sites and posted these fake quotes in order to provide a pretext for breaking off relations and militarily attackiing Qatar.

UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials

The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites in order to post incendiary false quotes attributed to Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani, in late May that sparked the ongoing upheaval between Qatar and its neighbors, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

Officials became aware last week that newly analyzed information gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that on May 23, senior members of the UAE government discussed the plan aTnd its implementation. he officials said it remains unclear whether the UAE carried out the hacks itself or contracted to have them done.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/uae-hacked-qatari-government-sites-sparking-regional-upheaval-according-to-us-intelligence-officials/2017/07/16/00c46e54-698f-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html

 

The US govt. had to intercede to avert a Saudi military assault on Qatar.

"ll this worked well with the Trump administration’s initial diplomatic strategy for the regional conflict, which was to provide the feuding parties with a face-saving mechanism for de-escalation. During a June 6, 2017, call with Saudi King Salman, U.S. President Donald Trump firmly rejected a Saudi proposal to invade Qatar."

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/06/how-israel-emerged-as-an-unlikely-peacemaker-in-the-middle-east/