64 Qatari citizens leave Egypt

CAIRO – 8 June 2017: Sixty-four Qatari citizens left Egypt on Wednesday to Kuwait, Jordan and Oman on their way to the Qatari capital of Doha. The repatriation of Qatari citizens comes just days after Egypt and its Gulf allies cut ties with Qatar and announced they would be closing all ports to Qatari vessels and banning air traffic from Qatar.

Sources at Cairo International Airport told Egypt Today that 33 Qataris departed on Kuwaiti Airlines, eight on an Omani Airlines flight departing to Muscat and 23 on a Jordanian Airlines flight to Amman.

Egypt announced that its last flight to Qatar left Cairo International Airport Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also revoked the licenses of Qatar Airlines Tuesday and ordered its offices to close within 48 hours, according to Saudi news agency SPA.


On Monday, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Yemen, Libya’s eastern-based government and the Maldives all severed diplomatic ties with Doha. Qatar is facing accusations of backing terrorist groups.