Arab nations add names to terror list amid Qatar dispute

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Trump offered to help resolve the diplomatic crisis, including through a White House meeting, the statement said.

"Tensions that we see between the Pentagon and other branches of the USA government encapsulate the problem of Qatar", he added, explaining that the USA government has often downplayed Qatar's terror financing issues in order to bolster the military alliance between the two nations.

Dr Davidson said that Qatar may come under pressure from its neighbours to suspend the executive office of Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, the mother of the current emir, since they regard it as an arm of Qatar's foreign policy.

CNN claimed on Tuesday that USA officials believed Russian hackers were behind the planting of the fake news.

In its latest Country Reports on Terrorism, the US State Department said Qatar in 2015 froze assets and imposed travel bans on Ka'bi and Kawari, both of whom are Qatari citizens.

"If proved correct, it is a clear support to terrorism", he said, noting that the group was linked to the Islamic State group.

It has raised the ire of its Gulf neighbors over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood, viewed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other authoritarian countries as extremists and threats to their existence.

"Qatar has been double dealing for years,"Schanzer said". Iran said the attacks had been carried out by Iranians who had joined ISIS.

"What's happening in Qatar at the moment will cause irreparable reputational damage for the Gulf States but also the broader region", Dr Davidson told Times Higher Education.

- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir says Gulf states could resolve a row with Qatar amongst themselves without outside help.

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On Wednesday, Turkey's parliament pushed through legislation that allows its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar.

But he also said measures taken against Qatar this week by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Arab nations were not aimed at seeking new leadership in Doha.

In a description of the Wednesday call, the White House said Trump "emphasized the importance of all countries in the region working together to prevent the financing of terrorist organizations and stop the promotion of extremist ideology".

"This is not about regime change - this is about change of policy, change of approach", Gargash said in Dubai.

The UAE Minister of State added that Qatar has also to finish "its support of Muslim Brotherhood and it has to forbid all religious figures using Mosques and religious institutions as platforms to incite against GCC countries".

Qatar's ministry of defence said in a statement that there has been no upgrade in the level of military preparations, according to Al Jazeera on Thursday. Trump had also spoken to Saudi King Salman bin Agdulaziz Al-Saud sharing a similar message.

Would-be mediators including U.S. President Donald Trump and Kuwait's ruling emir have struggled to ease a crisis that Qataris say has led to a blockade of their nation.

There was not an immediate comment from Qatar about the "terror list".

"It will not contribute to solving any problem to try and isolate in this way Qatar, which we know for sure has fought very effectively against terrorist groups", Erdogan said on Tuesday evening.

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