Qatar said it had pulled all of its troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, East African nations that have a long-running territorial dispute which Doha had helped mediate.
Qatar offered no explanation for the move, though it comes amid a diplomatic dispute with other Arab nations that have cut diplomatic ties and now are trying to isolate Qatar from the rest of the world.
While the dispute hasn’t escalated to a military confrontation, Qatar’s military is dwarfed by neighbouring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two of its biggest opponents in the crisis.