Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had been Qatar Airways' largest markets by the number of available seats and the loss of the four Arab markets could lead to a double-digit revenue decline for the carrier, CAPA said. "We have to stop the funding of terrorism".
Tillerson, speaking at the State Department, said the US would help support efforts to mediate the crisis, along with Kuwait - another Gulf country that has stepped up to try to broker a resolution.
On Tuesday, security experts said Kenya should take seriously the accusations against Qatar as they may directly affect how it handles its own counter-terrorism measures.
In severing diplomatic ties with its Gulf neighbour on Monday, Riyadh accused Doha of supporting groups including some backed by Iran.
Meanwhile, UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash called on Qatar to "change its course" and "abandon its stubbornness".
He says Qatar has a history of supporting violent groups.
Al-Jazeera offices also have been shut down by authorities in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. "US President Trump's recent giant military contracts with Gulf monarchies raise the risk of a new spiral in arms sales", Sigmar Gabriel told the newspaper Handelsblatt. Davis said the diplomatic rift has not interrupted or curtailed operations at al-Udeid air base, a launching pad for USA military efforts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
Earlier he had urged Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to calm tensions with allies and refrain from escalating the diplomatic rift, according to the agency. They have imposed what Qatar says is a blockade of shipping and air traffic, and closed Qatar's only land border, causing panic buying at supermarkets and provoking confusion and anxiety across the population.
State Department cable speaks to a simpler time in Saudi-Qatar relations
For its part, Qatar has denied the accusations, stating that "the campaign of incitement is based on lies that had reached the level of complete fabrications".
"Al Jazeera Media Network under cyber-attack on all systems, websites & social media platforms", it said on Twitter on Thursday.
UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported the crackdown on expressions of sympathy with Qatar. Additionally, Trump emphasized that Arab states must ensure that "terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil".
Kuwait's emir traveled to Qatar to help mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich nation home to a major US military base, though Emirati officials warned there was "nothing to negotiate".
The moves isolating Qatar are disrupting trade in commodities from crude oil to metals and food, and deepening fears of a possible jolt to the global gas market, where the Gulf state is a major player.
Trump also called Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE., Wednesday.
The same rag has carried several articles criticising the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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Protocol dictates that May must now put a "Queen's speech" to a vote in Parliament to officially establish her new government . However, no party received the absolute majority of seats in parliament and the election has resulted in a hung parliament .
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