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Saudi Arabia and its allies yesterday unveiled a list of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with extremism that they claimed had ties with Qatar. The move by the four Arab governments came despite mounting international pressure to compromise in their weeks-old boycott of Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt last month released a list of 59 people and 12 groups they alleged had links to Qatar. Qatar has denied the allegations. Yesterday’s list named nine charity and media organisations and nine individuals “directly or indirectly linked to Qatari authorities” as “terrorist”, read a joint statement released by the four states. Meanwhile, Egypt warned the EU yesterday that four Arab states would accept no compromise in their dispute with Qatar. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, speaking after talks with European Union diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels, said Qatar must accept in full the demands by the Saudi bloc.
