WASHINGTON - The United States does not want to see a 'permanent rift' between Gulf countries, a senior US administration official said on Monday, after some Gulf and Arab countries cut ties with Qatar over alleged support for Islamists and Iran. Still, the official said: 'There's an acknowledgement that a lot of Qatari behavior is quite worrisome not just to our Gulf neighbors but to the US.' 'We want to bring them in the right direction.'
