Saudi shuts Al-Jazeera office in Qatar row: ministry

MONDAY, June 05, 2017

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia on Monday shut the local office of Qatar's Al-Jazeera global news channel after the kingdom and other Gulf states severed ties with the emirate.

"The Ministry of Information closed the office of the Al-Jazeera channel and withdrew the licence it was granted," the official Saudi Press Agency reported.