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 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 navy 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 world 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 lots 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 imagine that they don’t have any presence in any respect. There are pretexts that Israel is utilizing at the moment to advance into the Syrian areas, into the buffer zone,” he stated.
“Qatar little doubt has an enormous 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 the US of America,” he informed reporters in Damascus.
Sheikh Mohammed additionally promised to assist the brand new administration and the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure, devastated by practically 14 years of struggle.
“We are going to present the required technical assist to make the infrastructure operational once more and supply assist to the electrical energy sector,” he stated, including that Qatar “extends its hand to our Syrian brothers for future partnerships”.
He additionally referred to as for sanctions on Syria to be lifted and highlighted that “sanctions could have a detrimental impression 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 in the course of the struggle, which started after safety forces cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in 2011.
This month, the US Division of the Treasury issued a common 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.
