Trump and Rubio aim to smooth things over with Qatar after Israeli strike

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani on Friday, days after Israel’s military conducted an unprecedented aerial attack in Doha targeting Hamas officials.

Rubio was set to meet with Thani at the White House on Friday at midday, according to the State Department, while Trump will meet with his Qatari counterpart in New York later in the day, a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will be at the Trump-Thani meeting.

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