Qatar's role in Middle East peace negotiations

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Sarah McCammon speaks with Middle East expert Simon Henderson about Qatar’s role in trying to end the war in Gaza, and whether ceasefire negotiations are essentially over after Israel bombed members of the Hamas negotiating team in Qatar on Tuesday.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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