It shows that Qatar "announces fighting terrorism on one hand and finances and supports and hosts different terrorist organizations on the other hand", they said.
US President Donald Trump, who had initially backed the measures against Qatar in a tweet, called Sheik Tamim on Wednesday with an offer "to help the parties resolve their differences".
As the regional tension between Qatar and brotherly countries simmer after Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and few other nations cut diplomatic and travel ties, a number of world leaders including ministers and diplomats held conversations with Qatar Foreign Minister and ambassadors placed in various countries.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Emir Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who played a pivotal role in mediating a compromise in a 2014 diplomatic dispute between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf states, flew to Qatar Wednesday night and met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The Saudi newspaper al Watan published what it called a list of eight "extremist organisations" seen as working to destabilise the region from Qatar, including Qatar's Al Jazeera news channel, that were targeted by Gulf Arab states.
As the Gulf crisis deepened with four major Arab nations closing sea, air and land links with Qatar, India is beginning to worry about its over 6,30,000 nationals living in that country. "We don't interfere in anybody's business, we just report", he told Reuters at Al Jazeera's Doha headquarters.
Turkey, which works closely with Qatar in the energy sector, has walked a fine line between defending Qatar and abstaining from openly antagonising Saudi Arabia. The route is now closed after Qatar's diplomatic isolation by Saudi Arabia-led allies. Foreign airlines may also have to seek permission for overflights to and from Qatar.
Oil dips on glut concerns, but Mideast tension, falling U.S. stocks support
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures were trading down 0.9% at $45.33 a barrel. The concern is that that spat will lead the OPEC members to disregard their production-cutting agreement.
Iran and Qatar share the world's largest gas field, an offshore site the Iranians call South Pars and the Qataris call the North Dome.
Turkey, which has a military base in Qatar, also pledged to provide food and water supplies.
With Trump offering to help resolve the crisis, possibly with a meeting at the White House, the United Arab Emirates cut postal links to Qatar, and close Saudi ally Bahrain reiterated a demand that Doha distance itself from regional foe Iran.
A senior Emirati official told AFP that this week's decision was not aimed at a change of regime in Qatar but to pressure the country to reshape its policy.
"This is a foreign policy that has gone wild", state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash told AFP.
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. "We need to put everything in check".
Throughout the interview, Sheikh Mohammed repeatedly denied that Qatar funded extremists and terrorist groups, the main reason given for this week's moves against it.
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