Qatar held its first ever elections in 2021 to choose two-thirds of the members of the advisory Shura Council. The elections sparked rare tribal tensions in Qatar after some members of a main Bedouin tribe found themselves ineligible to vote in the poll.

Qatar's ruling emir said Tuesday his small, energy-rich nation will hold a referendum on ending a short-lived experiment in electing members of the country's advisory Shura Council. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani offered no immediate timeline for the referendum in an annual address to the Shura Council,

Thani, said on Tuesday Israel deliberately chose to expand what he called its "aggression" to implement pre-planned schemes in the West Bank and Lebanon.Israel had done so "because it sees that the scope for that is available,

Qatar has played a key role in efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and has called for a truce in Lebanon, where Israel last month intensified operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group

Qatar’s Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, accused Israel of deliberately expanding its military actions in the West Bank and Lebanon during his annual address to the Shura Council on Tuesday. Sheikh Tamim claimed Israel was taking advantage of the current situation to implement pre-planned schemes in these regions.