Qatari Prime Minister meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House
We are getting reports from our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that a meeting between the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun at the White House.
They’re talking about two things – their security arrangement and what that looks like moving forward, and also the strikes that Israel launched on Doha earlier this week.
The concern is that the relationship between Qatar and the United States has become increasingly complicated as a result of those strikes, so they’re looking for a path forward on both of those issues.
With regards to the strikes, the reality is, Hamas negotiators were meeting to discuss the proposal that had been put forward by US President Donald Trump to end Israel’s war on Gaza.
That has been stalled … they’re looking at how they’re going to move forward with that.
Also, given that the US relies on Qatar so heavily for the diplomacy that takes place across the globe, they’re trying to figure out where that stands as well.
US, Qatari officials to discuss Gaza ceasefire, Qatar strike, US-Qatar military cooperation
While information is still limited, colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that the US and Qatari officials are expected to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel’s aggression against Qatar, and military cooperation between the US and Qatar.
One killed in Israeli attack on Aitron, southern Lebanon
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has said that a man has been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the town of Aitron in southern Lebanon.
AJA quoted a security source as saying that the drone targeted a citizen in front of the courtyard of his house in Aitron. He was transferred to hospital but later died from his injuries.
