The United States pledged to defend Qatar against “any attack”

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US President Donald Trump has pledged an executive order to ensure Qatar’s security and consider any attack on the Gulf state as a threat to “United States peace and security”.

This step comes after only three weeks Israel launched a missile attack on DohaWhich targeted the enthusiastic leaders of the politicians and sent shocks through the oil -rich Gulf states, which traditionally looked at Washington as a security guarantor.

Qatar also briefly fell in the 12 -day Israel war launched against Iran in June. Tehran fired a barrage of missiles at an American base near Doha in response to Trump, joining Israel in the bombing of Islamic nuclear sites.

The executive matter said that the United States will respond to any attack on Qatar By taking all “legal and appropriate measures – including the diplomat and economic, and if necessary, to defend the interests of the United States and the State of Qatar.”

The US ally, for a long time, is the largest military base for the great powers in the region, has host significant investments in American assets and is a major source of liquefied natural gas. The country is pressing Hamas to accept the Trump plan to end The war in GazaWhich was revealed by the president on Monday.

Elliot Abrams, a former American diplomat who served Trump during his first term, described the matter as “a very unusual step.”

“This is the equivalent of the defense treaty with Qatar of the type that the United States has with Japan and South Korea, or the fifth NATO article. But these obligations have been subjected to the treaty, and it was approved by the Senate,” Abrams said.

“This commitment was made by the president without any public debate, discussion, or any consultations in Congress, and a much lower approval.”

Israel’s attack on September 9, which struck Hamas’s political office in a commercial area and a residential area in Doha, raised questions in the Gulf about the American security commitment to its Arab allies. Trump said that he was “satisfied with every aspect” of the strike, in a rare reprimand by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Qatar has been appointed as a major ally of NATO by former President Joe Biden, and presented a role for himself as a mediator between the United States and opponents, including Iran and Taliban in Afghanistan. The Hamas Political Office has hosted for more than a decade with the blessing of the United States, and played a major role in mediation efforts to end the nearby war between Israel and Hamas.

In a tripartite conversation organized by Trump on Monday, Netanyahu apologized to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Thani for the attack on Doha and to violate the sovereignty of the Gulf state.

Dana Stroll, a former Pentagon, said it sent a strong political signal to adhere to the Trump administration to Qatar, while he was a warning to Israel.

But she added, “It is not worth much more than the president’s word, which changes around the clock.”

“It is extremely important and unspecified that the risks are that Qatari leaders have expectations about what the United States will be ready to do so, it can leave Doha with disappointment,” Stroll said. “Others may look at this level of commitment and soon they have the effect of snowball as everyone wants the same commitment.”