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Qatari Envoy to Hamas: Balloons Threaten my Efforts

A Palestinian launches incendiary balloons near Beit Lahia in Gaza towards Israeli settlements. AFP file photo
A Palestinian launches incendiary balloons near Beit Lahia in Gaza towards Israeli settlements. AFP file photo
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Qatari Envoy to Hamas: Balloons Threaten my Efforts

A Palestinian launches incendiary balloons near Beit Lahia in Gaza towards Israeli settlements. AFP file photo
A Palestinian launches incendiary balloons near Beit Lahia in Gaza towards Israeli settlements. AFP file photo

Mohammed Al-Emadi, the Qatari aid envoy to Gaza, has informed Hamas in a letter that the launching of incendiary balloons threatens the renewal of the Qatari grant to the Gaza Strip.

Emadi made a phone call with Hamas officials to stress the need for calm to accelerate the process of making the grant, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN).

Upon the Qatari request, Hamas halted the launching of incendiary balloons on Sunday.

i24NEWS revealed that Emadi told Hamas that the launching of incendiary balloons jeopardizes his efforts.

Due to the radical change in the mechanism of bringing Qatari money to Gaza, Hamas officials in the territory will not receive their salaries. Instead the amount will be allocated to support needy families.

Qatar will transfer the $10 million funds to the United Nations, which will make the donation to the families in need.

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Mikati Heads to Syria at Sharaa’s Invitation

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (Reuters)
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (Reuters)
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Mikati Heads to Syria at Sharaa’s Invitation

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (Reuters)
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati led a delegation on Saturday heading to Syria on a one-day visit to meet with the new Syrian leadership, the Central News Agency said.
The visit comes at the invitation of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the new Syrian administration.
The delegation includes caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, Acting General Security chief Elias al-Baysari, Army Intelligence chief Brigadier General Tony Khawaji, and Deputy Director General of General Security Brigadier General Hassan Shukair.

The visit will be the first by a Lebanese premier to neighboring Syria in 15 years.

Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, said on Thursday there was a historic opportunity for "a serious and equal dialogue" with Syria, which had big sway over its neighbor during much of the Assad family's five decades in power, maintaining troops there for 29 years until 2005 - a role many Lebanese opposed.
Sharaa, leader of the opposition forces which toppled Assad on Dec. 8, pledged last month - during a meeting in Damascus with influential Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt - that Syria would not interfere in Lebanon's affairs.
Mikati last week received a phone invitation from Sharaa to visit Syria. 
Minister Bou Habib said during a Dec. 26 call with his Syrian counterpart that Beirut was looking forward to the best neighborly relations with Syria.