Qatar has denied the allegations.
A picture taken on June 5, 2017 shows a Saudi woman and a boy walking past the Qatar Airways branch in the Saudi capital Riyadh, after it had suspended all flights to Saudi Arabia following a severing of relations between major gulf states and gas-rich Qatar.
- UAE official said no one rejects the idea of talks, but first Qatar must make iron-clad commitment to change policies.
- The UAE banned people from publishing expressions of sympathy towards Qatar and will punish offenders with 15 years in jail, the UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported early on Wednesday.
Tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia - a Middle East heavyweight - bubbled to the surface two weeks ago when Qatar said its state-run news agency and its Twitter account were hacked to publish a fake story claiming the emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had called Iran "a regional and Islamic power that can not be ignored". On Wednesday, Mauritania became the latest country to cut diplomatic relations, with a statement from the Foreign Ministry accusing Qatar of having connections to terrorist organizations.
- Gaza's ruling Hamas says it is shocked by Saudi Arabia's call on Qatar to stop supporting the group.
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"Apparently, Qatar is to be isolated more or less completely and hit existentially".
He will meet his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Berlin on Wednesday.
"So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off", tweeted Trump".
But new evidence suggests the country's state news agency was hacked.
On Tuesday, Jordan announced that it would downgrade its own diplomatic ties to Qatar and work to revoke licenses for the Doha-based multinational broadcaster Al-Jazeera. Jordanian government spokesman Mohammed Momani said the decision was made to "end the crises in our region".
USA intelligence officials believe Russian hackers planted a false news story that prompted Saudi Arabia and several allies to sever relations with Qatar, according to CNN. The blockade was joined by several other Gulf states and has spiralled into the worst diplomatic crisis for the region in decades.
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