19 h. ago Rubio promises ‘unwavering’ US support for Israel after meeting with Netanyahu in wake of Qatar attack

Trump had warned Israel to be ‘very careful’ following its attacks on Doha, which sparked international outrage

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44 h. ago Marco Rubio arrives in Israel as US demands answers over Qatar attack

Mr Rubio’s trip proceeded despite President Donald Trump’s reported anger at Mr Netanyahu over the Israeli strike in Doha

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3 d. ago F1 chief gives update on Qatar Grand Prix plans after Israel attack in Doha

Israeli strikes in Doha, the capital of Qatar, earlier this week took place just a few miles away from the Lusail International Circuit which will host F1 cars later this year

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3 d. ago Israel’s attack on Qatar proves Trump’s pledges of protection are worthless | Mohamad Bazzi

Deadly airstrike was Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest move to obstruct peace negotiations, threatening Qatar’s role as intermediaryWhen Donald Trump visited Qatar in May, he promised to defend the tiny, wealthy emirate and its rulers. “We are going to protect this country,” Trump declared on his state visit, where he was treated like royalty and honored in gilded palaces. “It’s a very special place, with a special royal family They are great people and they are going to be protected by the United States.”Over two decades, Qatar spent billions of dollars to upgrade the largest US military base in the Middle East and spent many more billions to buy US warplanes and other weapons. In May, as the president prepared to visit, the Qatari government donated a luxury Boeing jet, a “palace in the sky” valued at $400m, which is now being refitted so Trump can use it as Air Force One.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New...

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4 d. ago US joins UN Security Council’s condemnation of Doha airstrike ahead of Trump’s meeting with Qatari PM: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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4 d. ago Qatar to hold emergency summit with Arab countries after Israeli strike on Doha: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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4 d. ago Israel ‘killed any hope’ for hostages with attack on Doha, says Qatar prime minister: Latest

Donald Trump has reportedly held a heated phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu over Tuesday's strike that killed six

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5 d. ago Trump has ‘heated phone call’ with Netanyahu over Israeli airstrike targeting Hamas in Qatar: Latest

Israel’s ambassador to the US vows to strike Hamas again after Trump calls out Doha airstrike

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5 d. ago Starmer tells Israeli president Qatar airstrikes ‘unacceptable’ and ‘do nothing to secure peace’

Israel faced widespread global condemnation following its attack on Qatar on Tuesday

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer condemns strike on Qatar as 'flagrant violation' in meeting with Israel's President

Speaking after the talks, a Downing Street spokesperson described the Doha bombing by Israel as a 'flagrant violation', and also called out the 'manmade famine' in Gaza

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5 d. ago Netanyahu is an unhinged narcissist who has sabotaged world peace, says furious Qatar

Netanyahu’s unilateral actions bombing Doha are one of ‘madman’ who is attacking international rules-based order, warns senior Qatari official

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5 d. ago Furious MP snaps at Keir Starmer for meeting Israel’s Isaac Herzog ‘whilst children in Gaza starve’

Sir Keir Starmer’s upcoming meeting with Israel’s president Isaac Herzog has been slammed by a furious Stephen Flynn.

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5 d. ago Qatar says it has a right to respond to Israeli attack that killed six in Doha: latest

The Qatari prime minister accused Israel of ‘dragging the region to a place where it unfortunately cannot be repaired’

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6 d. ago ‘Very unhappy’ Trump claims he tried to warn Qatar of impending Israeli attack that killed six in Doha: Latest

Benjamin Netanyahu insists airstrike on Qatar ‘entirely justified’

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6 d. ago Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in quiet Qatar shocks Gulf allies, tests US ties

The tiny, wealthy Gulf Arab state of Qatar has long hosted the biggest American military base in the Middle East

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6 d. ago Starmer to meet Israeli president after condemning strike on Hamas in Qatar

The Prime Minister said Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha represented ‘a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty’.

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6 d. ago Trump's fury at airstrikes on Qatar: White House is blindsided by deadly IDF attack on its Gulf ally as Hamas leaders gathered for Gaza talks

Donald Trump hit out tonight at Israel's air strike on Qatar that killed five members of Hamas as its delegation prepared for talks to try to end the conflict in Gaza.

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6 d. ago Mapped: All the countries Israel has attacked in the Middle East since 7 October Hamas massacre

Airstrike on Doha in Qatar representing expansion of its operations condemned worldwide

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6 d. ago Qatar condemns Israel’s ‘cowardly attack’ on Doha after senior Hamas leaders targeted by airstrike

It is the first time Israel has targeted the Hamas leadership in Qatar - the attacks have attracted widespread condemnation

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6 d. ago Mapped: All the countries Israel has attacked in the Middle East since October 7 Hamas massacre

Israel latest airstrike is on Doha in Qatar, a further expansion of its operations across the region

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