What's behind the demand to shut down Al Jazeera?

The Saudi-led group appears to be backing down on its demand to shut down Al Jazeera.

The Saudi-led group that has imposed a political and economic blockade on Qatar appears to be backing down from its demand to shut down Al Jazeera Media Network.

It has been more than 40 days since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off ties with Qatar.

Noura al-Kaabi, the UAE minister for the federal national council, said the Emirates sought "fundamental change and restructuring" of Al Jazeera rather than to shut it.

Al Jazeera calls it another attempt to "throttle" its independence and rejects any external intervention in its work.