DAMASCUS(RAHNUMA): Qatar demands Israel “immediately withdraw” from its buffer zone with Syria, the Qatari prime minister said on Thursday during a visit to Damascus, after Israeli troops had entered the area following Bashar Assad’s fall.
“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 said at a press conference with Syrian leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
Sheikh Mohammed also vowed to support the rehabilitation of Syria’s infrastructure, devastated by nearly 14 years of civil war.
“We will provide the necessary technical support to make the infrastructure operational again and provide support to the electricity sector,” said Sheikh Mohammed during a joint press conference with Ahmed Al-Sharaa, adding that Qatar “extends its hand to our Syrian brothers for future partnerships.”
The prime minister added that Qatar will supply Syria with 200 megawatts of electricity that will be gradually increased.
