Qatar says Gaza hostage-ceasefire negotiations are ongoing

Qatar’s foreign ministry says ceasefire negotiations to end the war in Gaza and release the hostages are ongoing in Doha in cooperation with Egyptian, Qatari and American mediators.

“We will not leave any door unopened in pursuit of reaching an agreement,” says Majid al-Ansari, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson.

Al-Ansari adds that rumors the ceasefire would be reached before Christmas are “speculation.”

In a press conference, al-Ansari also calls on the international community to lift sanctions on Syria as quickly as possible.

“The reason was the crimes of the previous regime, and that regime, with all of its authority, is no longer in place, therefore the causes for these sanctions no longer exist today,” he says.

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