Qatari royal leaves UAE after declaring his detention
Tehran(KNA) - The United Arab Emirates says a member of Qatar's royal family has left Abu Dhabi hours after he declared that he was being forcibly held in the Persian Gulf Arab state.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al-Thani appeared in a video recording on Sunday, saying that he was being held in Abu Dhabi against his will."I am now in Abu Dhabi as a guest of Sheikh Mohammed, but actually not in the position of a guest but rather as a detainee," Abdullah said, apparently referring to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan.
"I just want to inform you that if anything happens to me, don't blame Qatar," he added.After a diplomatic crisis erupted between Doha and a Saudi-led quartet of Arab countries, Abdullah emerged as a potential opposition figure and sided with the anti-Qatar alliance in several Saudi and UAE television programs.
Source: Press TV