Saudi-led bloc blacklists 9 individuals, 9 organizations

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and

Bahrain have added nine entities and nine individuals to their ban lists

because of alleged links to Qatar over terrorism, Saudi state news

agency SPA reported on Tuesday.

The four Arab

countries, who isolated Qatar by cutting all diplomatic and transport

ties with it in early June, already have put dozens of figures linked to

the country on blacklists.

The new entrants on the

ban lists include entities from Libya and Yemen and individuals from

Qatar, Yemen, and Kuwait who the Arab states say have direct and

indirect links to Qatari authorities, the SPA reported.

The

countries accused some of the individuals named with roles in raising

funds to support Nusra Front jihadists and other militia groups in

Syria, the SPA reported, while others were said to have contributed to

and supported Al Qaeda.