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Hamas may have to quit political base in Qatar after US ‘demand’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November, 2024

Gulf state under pressure after militant Islamist group rejects latest hostage release proposal

Hamas may be forced to close its offices in Qatar, after the US told the tiny Gulf state that allowing the militant Islamist group to have a base there is no longer acceptable.

Qatar, a key US partner in the Middle East, has hosted the political office of Hamas for more than a decade and allowed many senior leaders of the organisation to live there.