Saturday morning, Qatar and Saudi Arabia fully reopened the land border crossing between them, Qatari sources told AFP.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced a boycott of Qatar in June 2017, against the backdrop of accusations of supporting Islamist extremist groups and rapprochement with Iran.

It closed its airspace to Qatari planes, prevented commercial dealings with the emirate and stopped Qatari entry to its territory.

A reconciliation between the four countries and Qatar took place at a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held Tuesday in the Saudi city of Al-Ula, and the four countries announced the lifting of restrictions.

Washington has increasingly pushed to end what Qatar describes as a "blockade," and has stressed the need to isolate its rival Iran in the region.

Jan. 4, Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah announced that Saudi Arabia would reopen its airspace and land borders with Qatar after more than three years since the Gulf crisis.

A Qatari source said, "Yes, the borders are open," while another source confirmed that the Abu Samra crossing, which is about 120 km from the capital, Doha, resumed its work at about 7 GMT.

Qatar announced strict measures to control coronavirus for those coming from the Saudi side, and it will require arrivals to show a negative PCR result in addition to undergoing an additional examination at the border and quarantine for one week in a government hotel.

Qatari Zaid Muhammad Al-Marri, 23, born to a Saudi mother, confirmed, "It is a great joy, I bought this new car - Land Cruiser - to go and celebrate with my relatives in Saudi Arabia, and I took a Corona test and waited here hoping to allow us to cross at any moment."

The United Arab Emirates also reopened all land, sea and air ports to the Qataris Saturday, according to the Emirates News Agency.

None of the airlines, whether Qatar Airways, the Emirates or Etihad, have announced any flights between Qatar and the UAE so far.

There is no land border between Qatar and the UAE, and therefore Qataris must pass through Saudi Arabia to reach the Emirates.