Niger said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Qatar in solidarity with Arab countries that have cut ties with Doha over allegations it sponsors Islamist militants and Iran.

In his first comment on his dismissal decision, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) Director-General Mohannad Sulaiman (Bahraini national of Jordanian roots) said that "professional life is stages, and every stage has an end".

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain branded as terrorists 59 people, including president of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars Yusuf Al-Qaradawi.

A joint statement issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain listed 59 individuals and 12 entities as banned terrorists. They said that all the members and entities are either hosted or supported by Qatar.

The Qatari crisis led to the dismissal of Bahrain News Agency (BNA) Director-General Mohannad Sulaiman (Bahraini national of Jordanian roots) due to contacting Qatari parties before officially announcing the decision.

One of the first signs of the crisis in which four Arab states have cut ties with Qatar came in a phone call from an anxious government adviser to a Reuters journalist early on May 24.

Qatar's leader will not accept an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to attend mediation talks in Washington on a row in the region while the country remains cut off from its neighbors, a Qatari official said on Thursday.

President Tayyip Erdogan has approved legislation on deploying Turkish troops in Qatar, signaling support for the Gulf state as it faces isolation imposed by fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism.

When 31-year-old Ali Al-Mohanadi heard Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other nations were cutting ties and severing all transport links with his home country Qatar, he emptied the back of his Land Cruiser SUV and drove to a nearby supermarket.

Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation imposed on it by fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region's biggest diplomatic crisis in years.

According to a report by Arabic CNN Wednesday, US officials have said they have observed increased Qatari military activity as the country placed its forces “on the highest state of alert” over fears of an imminent military incursion.

In a striking statement, two days after a less provoking statement, Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa said that the withdrawal of ambassadors was directed against the conduct of the Qatari leadership.

Britain's spokesman for the Middle East and North Africa, Edwin Samuel, said that his country hopes a solution is reached soon, and that the (GCC) regains its unity, after states have severed ties with Qatar over claims of supporting terrorism.

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said his country had suffered from interference coming from both Qatar and Iran, which “extend several centuries.”

Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Authority will deny entry to any ships carrying cargoes going to or from Qatar, two shipping circulars seen by Reuters on Thursday showed.

Qatar's central bank has asked commercial banks to provide it with detailed, frequent information on their foreign exchange trading, deposit withdrawals and money transfers, banking sources told Reuters on Thursday.

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior warned all residents of its country of prison and fining punishment for any sign of sympathy with Qatar, or rejection to the Bahraini government’s measures.

Qatar's credit quality would decline if tensions with its Gulf neighbors continue for much longer, raising the country's debt ratio and hurting banks' liquidity, Moody's ratings agency said on Thursday.

Qatari armed forces that had been stationed in Saudi Arabia as part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen returned home on Wednesday, state television reported on its Twitter account.

Prices of Qatari credit default swaps, used to insure against the risk of a sovereign debt default, rose sharply early on Thursday after the country's credit rating was downgraded because of its diplomatic rift with other Gulf states.