A view shows a mosque at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's official overseer of charities denied on Sunday that philanthropic groups in the country backed terrorism, days after U.S. President Donald Trump backed a move by some Arab states to pressure Doha over alleged militant financing.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have tightened their squeeze on Qatar by putting dozens of figures and charities they link to the country on terrorism blacklists.
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