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Al Jazeera targeted in Gulf crisis

Name: Al Jazeera targeted in Gulf crisis
Uploaded: 2017-06-29T15:56:01.763Z
Duration: 4 min 9 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Arab states take aim at Qatar-backed TV channel

Arab states are seeking the closure of Qatar's flagship TV network Al Jazeera, as part of a list of demands imposed on the tiny Gulf state. The FT explains why Al Jazeera is being targeted in a diplomatic dispute, and how influential the channel is in the Middle East and abroad.

June 29, 2017

Reported by Vanessa Kortekaas. Footage by Getty and Reuters. Additional filming by Rod Fitzgerald and Steve Ager.