Trump Meets With Qatar PM After Furor Over Israeli Strike (2)

President Donald Trump met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Friday, days after an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha strained ties between the US and a key Middle East ally.

The dinner meeting, reported earlier by other news organizations, was confirmed by a White House official, who said it would take place in New York. Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, was also slated to attend.

Hamad Al Muftah, deputy chief of mission at Qatar’s US embassy, posted on X that a “great dinner with POTUS” had ended, but provided ...