Syria’s de facto chief Ahmed al-Sharaa stated Israel leveraged Iran’s presence to achieve floor in Syria, as he stated Damascus would welcome U.N. forces into the buffer zone with Israel.
“Israel’s advance in the region was due to the presence of Iranian militias and Hezbollah. After the liberation of Damascus, I believe that they have no presence at all. There are pretexts that Israel is using today to advance into the Syrian regions, into the buffer zone,” he stated Thursday.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s prime minister stated his nation demanded Israel “immediately withdraw” from its buffer zone with Syria. He was talking throughout a go to to Damascus after Israeli troops had entered the world following the ousting of Bashar Assad.
“The Israeli occupation’s seizure of the buffer zone is a reckless… act and it must immediately withdraw,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani stated at a news convention with Syrian chief al-Sharaa.
Qatar’s prime minister additionally vowed to help the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure, devastated by practically 14 years of civil conflict.
“We will provide the necessary technical support to make the infrastructure operational again and provide support to the electricity sector,” he stated, including that Qatar “extends its hand to our Syrian brothers for future partnerships.”
Live footage confirmed bin Abdulrahman’s arrival at Damascus International Airport, confirming the landmark go to.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majid Al-Ansari stated the prime minister will maintain talks with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the chief of the brand new Syrian administration.
The spokesman added that the go to confirms Qatar’s dedication to supporting Syria throughout its transitional interval.
The go to follows Qatar’s reopening of its embassy in Damascus in late December, ending a closure that had lasted since 2011 following the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Earlier this month, Doha hosted Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, additional emphasizing Qatar’s position in fostering diplomatic ties with post-Assad Syria.
Assad, Syria’s chief for practically 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime teams took management of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party’s autocratic regime, which had been in energy since 1963.
Source: www.dailysabah.com