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- Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says Qatar and US have taken their relationship to “another level” after signing deals to boost defence and trade ties.
- The deals come after talks between US President Donald Trump and the emir in Doha, the first state visit by a US president to Qatar.
- Earlier in the day, Trump had reaffirmed the US strategic commitment and partnership with the region in a speech at the summit of the US and Gulf Cooperation Council in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
- Trump met his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on the sidelines of the summit a day after the US president announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria.