Saudi Arabia opens border with Qatar after prolonged crisis

Saudi Arabia Tuesday opened its land borders with Qatar to resolve a long-standing political dispute led by Riyadh and its allies. 

The development happened on the eve of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. and could help =ending a three-year-old conflict, reported Al-Jazeera.

Earlier, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Amhad Nasser Al Sabah announced that Riyadh would be opening its airspace and land and sea borders for Qatar starting from this evening.

He also said that Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah spoke to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, adding that both the sides have expressed their keen for reunification.

All the three leaders are to meet and sign a statement to revamp brotherly relations. 

Five Arab countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar over allegedly "backing terrorism"

The announcement comes ahead of a Gulf leaders' summit that is set to be held in Al-Ula on Tuesday.

In mid-2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain had imposed a commercial and diplomatic blockade on Qatar, closed land borders and blocked Qatar’s airspace.

These four Arab nations imposed 13 demands to return to normal with Doha, including ceasing its alleged support for terror groups, a shutdown of a Turkish military base, closure of the Al-Jazeera TV network and scaling down contacts with Iran.