After accusing Qatar of protecting extremistism, a group of three Gulf countries including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have decided to blockade the Gulf nation. All routes of imported food to Qatar when passing through these 3 countries are blocked and Qatari residents are not allowed to cross the territory of the above 3 countries.
On the other hand, the Qatari government has also said it will shoot down any of the three countries if they appear within its territory.
In addition to freezing and sanctioning Qatar, Saudi Arabia and several other Arab states have banned all flights to and from Qatar Airways. This is also the airline that has sponsored Barca's jersey since 2013.
In addition to banning Qatar Airways flights, the above countries also announced that they will imprison or impose heavy financial fines on any individual or organization that has a good image of this airline in their territory. Especially with Barca's jersey, if someone wears them in countries like the UAE or Saudi Arabia, they will have to pay a fine of £110,000 (more than 30 billion VND) or be imprisoned for 15 years.
If conflicts between Gulf countries are not resolved soon, Barca fans or this club will find it difficult to expand their brand here. In the past 2 years, major European clubs have been flocking to the Gulf of Tonkin quite a lot to promote their image.
