Sheikh Mohammed additionally guarantees to assist 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 world following the removing 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 mentioned.
Israel deployed army models 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 world, Israel additionally launched a whole bunch of air strikes throughout Syria. It mentioned its air assaults had 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 mentioned on the information convention that his nation is able to welcome UN forces into the buffer zone.
“Israel’s advance within the area was as a result of presence of Iranian militias and Hezbollah. After the liberation of Damascus, I imagine that they haven’t any presence in any respect. There are pretexts that Israel is utilizing right this moment to advance into the Syrian areas, into the buffer zone,” he mentioned.
“Qatar little question has a giant position to play. … They’ll play an energetic position in persevering with to train strain [on Israel to withdraw] along with Western and European nations and the USA of America,” he advised reporters in Damascus.
Sheikh Mohammed additionally promised to assist the brand new administration and the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure, devastated by almost 14 years of battle.
“We’ll present the mandatory technical assist to make the infrastructure operational once more and supply assist to the electrical energy sector,” he mentioned, 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 could have a adverse influence on the assist supplied to Syria and the Syrian folks.”
The US and European Union each imposed sanctions on al-Assad and his authorities for allegedly committing crimes through 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 basic licence lasting six months that authorises sure transactions with the Syrian authorities, together with some power gross sales and incidental transactions.
The motion doesn’t take away any sanctions however will guarantee they “don’t impede actions to fulfill fundamental human wants, together with the availability of public providers or humanitarian help”, the Treasury Division mentioned.
The EU has agreed to fulfill on the finish of January to debate lifting sanctions on Syria.
