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Qatar Seeks to Mediate Amid Tensions After US Strike in Iraq

Associated Press

   BAGHDAD - Qatar is seeking to play a mediating role amid escalating
   tensions following a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian
   general in Iraq and brought the region to the brink of an all-out war
   involving Washington and Tehran, the Qatari foreign minister said
   Wednesday.
   Speaking on an official visit to Baghdad, Foreign Minister Mohammed bin
   Abdulrahman al-Thani said Qatar was making contacts with regional and
   international countries in order to de-escalate tensions. His visit to
   Iraq comes days after Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani
   visited Tehran.

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