Saudi Arabia’s attempt at a Qatari coup backfired - now wait for the blowback

Saudi Arabia’s attempt at a Qatari coup backfired - now wait for the blowback | Middle East Eye
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Salman hoped to precipitate an immediate rift between Tamim and his people by promoting another member of the al-Thani family as the lead figure in such negotiations.

But this did not happen. Instead the Qataris used social media to renew their allegiance to their young sheikh. If Abdullah had any hopes or fantasies of replacing Tamim, then these must surely have evaporated by now. 

A quick survey of the virtual world, where most Gulf things happen, leads one to realise that the Saudi coup was easily aborted.

Abdullah immediately lost credibility when he started tweeting praise for the Saudi king and invoked the Al-Saud historical war cry, “ikhwan nura” (the brothers of Nura).