Sheikh Mohammed also pledged support for the new government and the restoration of Syria’s infrastructure.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani demanded Israel’s ” Immediately withdraw troops from the buffer zone established by the United Nations and Syria.”

Sheikh Mohammed spoke at a news conference in Damascus on Thursday alongside Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Shala, criticizing Israel’s move to occupy territory near the Golan Heights in southern Syria.

“The occupation of the buffer zone by the Israeli occupier is a reckless… act and it must withdraw its troops immediately,” Sheikh Mohammed said.

Israel deployed military troops to Israel last month bufferThe region lies along the Golan Heights that separates Syria and Israel after Assad was overthrown by opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Salalah. The area has been officially designated a demilitarized zone as part of a 1974 UN-brokered ceasefire.

Israel has also launched hundreds of airstrikes across Syria as troops invade the area. It said the airstrike was part of an operation to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of “extremists”, a term used for several groups in Syria, including HTS.

Sala told a news conference that his country was ready to welcome U.N. troops into the buffer zone.

“Israeli’s advance in the area is due to the presence of Iranian militias and Hezbollah. After the liberation of Damascus, I believe they no longer exist at all. Israel is using some excuses today to advance into Syrian areas and enter the buffer zone,” he said.

“Qatar certainly has an important role to play. … They will play an active role in continuing to exert pressure (to force Israel to withdraw) along with Western and European countries and the United States of America,” he told reporters in Damascus.

Sheikh Mohammed also pledged to support the new government and rebuild Syria’s infrastructure damaged by nearly 14 years of war.

“We will provide the necessary technical support to bring infrastructure back into operation and provide support to the power sector,” he said, adding that Qatar “has extended a helping hand to our Syrian brothers to build future partnerships.” relation”.

He also called for the lifting of sanctions against Syria, stressing that “the sanctions will have a negative impact on the support provided to Syria and the Syrian people.”

Both the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Assad and his government for alleged crimes committed during the war. The war began after security forces cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in 2011.

This month, the U.S. Treasury Department release A general license lasting six months authorizing certain transactions with the Syrian government, including some energy sales and incidental transactions.

The Treasury Department said the action would not lift any sanctions but would ensure they “do not impede activities that meet basic human needs, including the provision of public services or humanitarian assistance.”

The EU has agree A meeting was held at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria.