Saudi Arabia and its allies issue Qatar-linked 'terrorism' list

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"Halting all incitement against Egypt" is another aspect the UAE government expects from Qatar, said Al-Jaber.

The official said that he would present his concerns to a team from an global humanitarian organization and would also appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, to intervene.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Gulf countries still saw Qatar as a "brother state".

On Monday, the 3 Gulf states said they were severing ties with Qatar because of its support for Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and its alleged backing of Iran.

The list, endorsed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, includes 12 entities and 59 individuals, according to a joint statement sent by e-mail early Friday.

A source at pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera, which is backed by Doha, said on Thursday the network was combating a large-scale cyber attack but remained operational. Al Jazeera, a Qatari media network often critical of Saudi and Egyptian authorities.

The dispute has sparked the worst diplomatic crisis in the Arab world in years and raised fears it will cause further instability in an already-volatile region.

Officials at SAMA, as the Saudi central bank is known, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

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President Trump urged Gulf unity in a call to Saudi Arabia's King Salman, US officials said on Wednesday.

"The president offered to help the parties resolve their differences, including through a meeting at the White House if necessary", Trump's office said after the call.

The announcement increases pressure on Qatar in a diplomatic and economic campaign to isolate the small Gulf Arab state, which is a critical global supplier of gas and hosts the biggest USA military base in the Middle East.

None of the LNG produced in Qatar, though, is sold in the United States. Since then, a team of FBI investigators have been sent to Qatar's capital city of Doha to assist the Qataris in the investigation, according to Qatari and United States officials.

A senior Emirati official told AFP this week's decision was not aimed at a change of regime in Qatar but to pressure the country to reshape its policy.

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir.

The ambassador left open the prospect of compromise, saying "We are courageous enough to acknowledge if things need to be amended".

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