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Qatar said today that a new blacklist released by Saudi Arabia and its allies came as a disappointing surprise in a diplomatic crisis that has split the Gulf.
The four Arab Governments named 18 organisations and individuals yesterday that they accused of links with Islamist extremism and Qatar.
The move by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain came despite mounting international pressure to compromise in their weeks-old boycott of their fellow US ally.
Qatari Government Communications Director Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al-Thani official said the blacklist had no basis in fact and is aimed at stripping the emirate of its sovereignty.
The four governments issued a previous blacklist of 59 individuals and 12 groups last month. Sheikh Saif said, it had been widely rejected by the international community.
Saudi Arabia and its allies have been boycotting Qatar since 5th of last month in the region’s worst diplomatic crisis in years.