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In Damascus, Qatari PM calls on Israel to ‘immediately withdraw’ from Syria buffer zone
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This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, shows Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) welcoming Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani in Damascus, Syria, January 16, 2025. (SANA/AFP)
DAMASCUS – Doha demands Israel “immediately withdraw” from its buffer zone with Syria, the Qatari prime minister says during a visit to Damascus.
“The Israeli occupation’s seizure of the buffer zone is a reckless… act and it must immediately withdraw,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani says at a press conference with new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The IDF has said that its deployment to a buffer zone on the Syrian side of the border and strategic positions beyond the zone is a defensive and temporary measure amid the unstable situation in Syria since last month’s fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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