Saudi-led bloc blacklists 18 organisations, individuals linked to Qatar

Saudi Arabia and its allies have put 18 organisations and individuals on a blacklist on Tuesday, who are suspected of Qatar-linked Islamist extremism, a joint statement by the Saudi Press Agency said.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt blacklisted nine charity and media organisations, and nine individuals linked to Qatar as “terrorists’’, the statement said.
The four Arab states have been boycotting Qatar since the June 5 diplomatic crisis started.
They demanded that Qatar broke its longstanding ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, blacklisted as a “terror group” by the four governments although not by the international community.
They also demanded that it closed broadcasting giant Al-Jazeera and a Turkish military base, and fall in line with Saudi-led policy in the region, particularly toward Iran.
Qatar has dismissed the demands as a violation of its sovereignty and had received significant support from Turkey and Iran.
The bloc on Tuesday blacklisted three organisations based in Yemen and six based in Libya accusing them of ties to Al-Qaida.
They also blacklisted three Qataris, three Yemenis, two Libyans and a Kuwaiti because they were allegedly implicated in “fundraising campaigns” to support Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist militias in Syria.