I don’t think they’re wavering, the groups they support are just being faced down by overwhelming force in a couple of places, while running wild throughout the rest of the country. Also, Qatar can afford to keep this going for years, because the groups they support work for room and board (and ammo) and won’t be needing a pension for the most part. Assad relies on Russian and Iranian support, and that is not in infinite supply. In another couple of years, it will be they who waver.
Qatar and the Saudis back different factions in Syria, also they back some of the same but at different levels of contributions (sounds like deferred comp or united way). The same appears to be true in Egypt. The Saudis’ militia in Lebanon got its ass handed to it just a few years before the Syrian uprising began, and the internal factions in the House of Saud and among rich Saudis outside the ruling house support this that and the other thing, just as happened in Afghanistan. Also, the “Arab Spring” that ousted Mubarek caught the Saudis unaware; Qatar seems to be much better at all this.
After reaching power in Egypt, Morsi almost immediately started rapprochement with Iran, then had an unproductive meeting with the Saudis. Saudi Arabia relies on Egypt for labor needs in some of its overseas investments, and until the overthrow imported goods from Egypt. The last thing the Gulf States want is one of the big three Mideast states (the other two being Turkey and Iran) to turn hostile. Prior to the overthrow, the Egyptian military dominated industry, and it was probably a matter of time before something like this coup took place.
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Then you thought wrong. Qatar just evicted the MB's top sheikh: http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/latest-blow-to-brotherhood-sheikh-qaradawi-evicted-from-qatar-brotherhood-offices-closed/