Qatar’s Foreign Minister Criticizes Israeli Bombings Amid Peace Talks in Doha
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Condemns Continued Israeli Strikes as Obstacle to Peace Negotiations.
Watan-Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, criticized the Israeli authorities for continuing to bomb Gaza while sending delegations for negotiations in Doha.
The Qatari official considered this a negative message that hinders the progress of the negotiation and mediation process being carried out by Qatar between the Israeli and Palestinian sides.
This statement came during an interview with CNN coinciding with the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to Doha. Al Thani said, “Israel responded to peace efforts by launching more deadly airstrikes on Gaza.”
He added, in an interview conducted in the Qatari capital, that Qatar viewed the release of Israeli-American detainee Eidan Alexander as “an achievement that would help steer the negotiations back on track, but unfortunately, Israel’s response was more bombings the very next day, while sending a delegation for talks.”
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President Trump later announced his intention to lift sanctions on Syria after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last year, saying that this move “will give them a chance to progress.”
The lifting of the sanctions is considered a significant achievement for the Syrian government under Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who took power after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
Trump stated during a Saudi investment forum in Riyadh that the decision was made after discussions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
