Kuwait’s Prime Minister heads to Qatar for World Cup

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah scheduled to attend a FIFA World Cup match in Doha. (File/AFP)
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Updated 06 December 2022
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Kuwait’s Prime Minister heads to Qatar for World Cup

  • Visit came in response to invitation from the Qatari prime minister

DOHA: Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah headed to Qatar on Tuesday to attend a FIFA World Cup match in Doha, state news agency (KUNA) reported.

His visit came in response to the invitation from his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Khaled bin Khalifa Al Thani.

On Monday, the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan visited Doha where he held talks with Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.


Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal

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Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal

  • Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue

A Syrian official said on Tuesday ​it would not be possible to move forward on “strategic files” in talks with Israel without ‌a clear, ‌binding ‌timeline ⁠for ​Israeli troops ‌to quit Syrian territory seized after Bashar Assad’s fall in December 2024.
The official, speaking ⁠to Reuters on ‌condition of ‍anonymity, said ‍the latest round ‍of US-brokered talks in Paris, held on Monday and Tuesday, ​concluded with a US initiative ⁠to suspend all Israeli military activities against Syria.
Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue.