Qatar, US sign agreement to boost security cooperation

Qatar and the US signed an agreement on Sunday in Doha to boost security cooperation between the two countries, Qatar News Agency reported.

The agreement was signed by Abdullah bin Khalaf bin Hattab Al-Kaabi, undersecretary of Qatar’s ministry of interior, and US Ambassador to Qatar Timmy Davis.

During the meeting, the two officials also discussed the existing relations between their two countries regarding security as well as ways to bolster them.

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia joined the US, UK, France, Canada and Jordan in calling on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid growing fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.