WASHINGTON(October 26, 2023)—United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met to revisit the Qatar’s association with Hamas. According to The Washington Post, Hamas leaders have long maintained a political office in the Qatar capital. The agreement is striving to rescue as many hostages as possible.
For more context, please consider Ambassador (ret) Gordon Gray, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the George Washington University. Prior to joining the Elliott School of International Affairs, Gray served in the U.S. government for 35 years. From 2005-2008, Gray was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs where he was responsible for promoting U.S. interests in the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission and volunteered with the Peace Corps in Morocco, along with other a variety of other countries.
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gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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