Dubai Airshow opens without Qatar amid Gulf tensions:
"The biennial Dubai Air Show opened Sunday with the world’s biggest defense companies promoting their fighter jets, drones, armored vehicles and missiles amid heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Airlines also are taking part, but missing from the trade show this year is one of the region’s largest long-haul carriers, Qatar Airways, amid diplomatic fallout between Qatar and four Arab nations. The dispute is now in its fifth month with no resolution in sight. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar in June over its ties with Iran and its support of Islamist groups, accusing the small Gulf state of supporting extremists, charges it denies. The Arab quartet cut direct flights with Qatar and closed their airspace to Qatari aircraft."
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