Sheikh Mohammed additionally guarantees to help the brand new administration and the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure.
Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has demanded that Israel “instantly withdraw” its forces from the United Nations-established buffer zone with Syria after Israeli troops entered the realm following the elimination of Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
Talking on Thursday at a information convention in Damascus alongside de facto Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa, Sheikh Mohammed criticised Israeli strikes to occupy the territory close to the Golan Heights in southern Syria.
“The Israeli occupation’s seizure of the buffer zone is a reckless … act, and it should instantly withdraw,” Sheikh Mohammed stated.
Israel deployed army items final month to the buffer zone, which lies alongside the Golan Heights and separates Syria and Israel, after al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group. The realm has been an formally designated demilitarised zone as a part of a 1974 UN-brokered ceasefire.
As its troops encroached on the realm, Israel additionally launched tons of of air strikes throughout Syria. It stated its air assaults have been a part of a marketing campaign to cease weapons from touchdown within the fingers of “extremists”, a time period it has utilized to a number of teams in Syria, together with HTS.
Al-Sharaa stated on the information convention that his nation is able to welcome UN forces into the buffer zone.
“Israel’s advance within the area was because of the presence of Iranian militias and Hezbollah. After the liberation of Damascus, I consider that they haven’t any presence in any respect. There are pretexts that Israel is utilizing at this time to advance into the Syrian areas, into the buffer zone,” he stated.
“Qatar little doubt has a giant position to play. … They are going to play an lively position in persevering with to train strain [on Israel to withdraw] along with Western and European nations and america of America,” he instructed reporters in Damascus.
Sheikh Mohammed additionally promised to help the brand new administration and the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure, devastated by almost 14 years of battle.
“We’ll present the required technical help to make the infrastructure operational once more and supply help to the electrical energy sector,” he stated, including that Qatar “extends its hand to our Syrian brothers for future partnerships”.
He additionally known as for sanctions on Syria to be lifted and highlighted that “sanctions can have a adverse impression on the help offered to Syria and the Syrian individuals.”
The US and European Union each imposed sanctions on al-Assad and his authorities for allegedly committing crimes in the course of the battle, which started after safety forces cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in 2011.
This month, the US Division of the Treasury issued a normal licence lasting six months that authorises sure transactions with the Syrian authorities, together with some vitality gross sales and incidental transactions.
The motion doesn’t take away any sanctions however will guarantee they “don’t impede actions to fulfill primary human wants, together with the supply of public companies or humanitarian help”, the Treasury Division stated.
The EU has agreed to fulfill on the finish of January to debate lifting sanctions on Syria.
