Erdogan also called on Saudi Arabia to show leadership in the region.
Riyadh has itself faced accusations of tolerating or even supporting extremists, in particular after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
U.S. military officials, also speaking anonymously to discuss political issues, said the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar is vital to American air support against Iranian paramilitaries and Iranian-backed forces on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's civil war.
There was not an immediate comment from Qatar about the "terror list". I'm sorry, we will continue to give Qatar every kind of support.
"Qatar has made efforts to prosecute significant terrorist financiers".
So far, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Mauritania and the Maldives have broken diplomatic ties with Qatar, while Jordan has announced that it will reduce its diplomatic representation in that country and Senegal has called its envoy to the emirate home for consultations.
It published remarks falsely attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in which he allegedly discussed Iran's role in the Middle East, his views on the presidency of Donald Trump and the role of Hamas and Hezbollah in the region.
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"We had a decision to make: do we take the easy road or do we finally take a hard but necessary action? It has to stop supporting terrorist organizations, Sunni or Shi'ite, and its policy has to be for the benefit of its people". "And in the wake of that conference, nations came together and spoke to me about confronting Qatar over its behavior".
Rex Tillerson's statement comes five days after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt cut diplomatic ties and transport links with Qatar, closing, air land and sea borders over and sending the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries into their largest crisis in years.
Tillerson told reporters at the State Department that the crisis, which has cut transportation links and trade, had begun to hurt ordinary people in Qatar, impaired business dealings and harmed the USA battle against Daesh.
The ongoing tensions between Qatar, who will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and its neighbors has many layers and no single direct cause. The U.S. base in Qatar happens to be the hub for anti-ISIS activity.
Tillerson said at a press conference that the blockade had caused "unintended" consequences, and was "hindering United States military actions in the region and the campaign against ISIS".
He said Qatar has historically supported groups that have "spanned the spectrum of political expression from activism to violence".
The Gulf crisis has sparked fears of military escalation in an already volatile region.
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