Qatar demands difficult to meet, says US

    Some demands set by four Arab states on Qatar in return for lifting sanctions will be "difficult to meet", US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson says.

    However, Tillerson said the proposals provided a basis for dialogue leading to a solution of the crisis.

   On Saturday, Qatar's foreign minister rejected the list of 13 conditions imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain.
   Qatar has been under unprecedented diplomatic and economic sanctions for more than two weeks, with Iran and Turkey increasingly supplying it with food and other goods.
   The four countries also want Qatar to reduce its ties with Iran and close a Turkish military base, setting a deadline on Friday of 10 days.