“Giorgia I deal with it at the cost of going to pick her up in Tehran” It was the Insurance of the Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad To Thani To the Italian Premier, in the days of the journalist’s arrest Cecilia Sala. A privileged relationship, that of Al Thani with the Ayatollah, who proved to be precious. After his speech, the head of the Iranian services informed the general who guides Aise, Gianni Caravelli, who could start dealing with the case resolved in just three weeks. Qatar, a small Emirate of the Gulf (a slightly larger surface than Abruzzo, less than three million inhabitants) is at the center of all the most delicate mediations and secrets starting with the agreement for the liberation of the Israeli hostages and the respite in Gaza. In Doha, the capital was negotiated with the Taliban the retreat too precipitous by Afghanistan, the liberation of hostages in the hands of the terrorists, the return to the Ukraine of his children brought to Russia, and now aims to mediation for the Conflict between Moscow and Kiev. “In the Middle East you should never look only at the geographical dimension of the countries, but to the substance of what they are” explains Riccardo Sessa, long -term ambassador who was general manager for the Middle East and the Mediterranean at the Farnesina. «When it comes to diplomacy in view of objectives to be achieved among the most delicate and sensitive it is out of the question that we must move on two guidelines: the first, an extreme confidentiality in relation to the contacts and the second an ability to speak with everyone starting From those who do not think in the same way »underlines the president of the Italian company for the international organization.
THEThe Qatar has always had relationships with the “bad guys” on duty, from the relationships In the light of the sun with Iran to secret contacts with terror groups and its derivations. At Thani he was involved in the room because in September 2023 he had already successfully mediated with an exchange of prisoners, five per person, between the United States and Iran and the defrosting of six billion dollars of Tehran funds in the USA. On October 21 Giorgia Meloni received Emir at Villa Doria Pamphilj, in Rome, with the aim of “deepening the strategic partnership” and involving Qatar in the Mattei Plan for Africa. The Fincantieri Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Barzan Holdings, Qatarina defense society, for the joint development of 40 Omega360 radar for the Miratus anti-drone system. “The seven most important ships of the Qatar fleet have been launched by Fincantieri” observes Gianandrea Gaiani, director of the online magazine analysis defense. “In 2022 the ORICE operation with a Task Force of 560 Italian soldiers and the Thaon ship of Revel, guaranteed the safety of the World Cup”. Each year an Italian brigade trained in the Qatarino desert and the emirate officers study with us. The real strategic deal is the long -term contract signed by Eni with Qatarenergy for the development of the North Field East project. From 2026 we will import 1.5 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, which will arrive at the Piombino terminal. Oil and gas represent 87 percent of the revenue of the emirate. Qatar plans to expand the North Field deposit, the largest in the world, up to 142 billion tons the year before 2030.
“If there isn’t Doha, you can’t do it” is the motto that has taken hold in the most complicated crises of the Middle East. The agreement between Hamas and Israel for the truce and the release of the hostages is a miracle of secret diplomacy. After 15 months at Thani he sprouted it with the help of Donald Trump who had promised “hell” if the agreement had not been signed before his settlement in the White House. For the latest files to the 18 points of the first phase, which provides for the release of 33 Israeli hostages from Gaza in 42 days, the mediators spoiled, in a residence of a government official of the Qatar, between the first floor where there were the representatives of Hamas per second with the Israelis. It went on until 3 in the morning and then resume after a few hours of sleep. In the end, the most complicated aspect was the definitive green light of Mohammed Sinwar, nestled in the Striscia, brother of the head of Hamas, killed in Gaza, who had ordered the tear attack of October 7th. For this and other impossible missions the Emir He relies on Abdullah bin Mohammed al-KhulaiFi, the head of the secret services of Doha, a young lawyer who has the most unscrupulous spies of the Gulf available. It is no coincidence that William J. Burns, at the head of the CIA with Biden, has given Al-Khulaifi the “George Tenat” medal for the secret effort in mediation and other operations. «Qatar is at the center of many good and bad events. I personally know Emir, a smart man. Basically the Thani are businessmen, who use the religious instrument linked to the Muslim Brothers “explains the former Chief of Staff of the Defense, Mario Arpino, who is at home in the Arabian Peninsula after participating in the First Gulf War Against Saddam Hussein. Qatar has had problems in the past for Muslim brotherhood. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates had imposed a block of the country in 2017, but then the relationships recovered in a peaceful way. “I approve of 200 percent what Giorgia Meloni abroad is doing” underlines Arpino, today general on leave “starting with the agreements with the Gulf countries such as Qatar” , since 2012, an office of leaders in exile of Hamas. The Israeli premier himself, Benjamin Netanyahu, tacitly approved that Qatar financed the Palestinian armed group and his government in Gaza with 30 million dollars a month. In 2012 Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the father of the current Emir, had been the first head of state to visit the Strip. Sheikh Tamim, 44, is a pragmatic that in the furrow of family tradition manages to tighten good relationships with everyone, from the United States to Russia, from Iran to Israel. Sovereign for the abdication of the father since 2013 governs an Emirate, not a democracy, controlling everything with key men such as Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Premier and Foreign Minister. Emir at Thani was formed in the famous English military academy of Sandhurst. Miliarodary investor, he is in love with western brands such as Barclays, Harrods, Volkswagen, Walt Disney. And he focused on sport, especially football, to present himself to the world with a cleaned and modern image. The flagship is the French football team of Paris Saint-German. From three wives he had 13 children, seven males and six females.
«Despite its small size and minimum demographic weight, The Emirate of the Dynasty at Thani, in addition to his well -known status of world energy power, has made diplomatic activism one of the strengths, transforming the kingdom into a central pole of global diplomacy “wrote Giorgio Cella in an analysis for Med-OR, the foundation of Marco Minniti. The ace in the sleeve is located in Udeid: it is the largest US base in the Middle East, with ten thousand soldiers and aviation. It is no coincidence that Qatar was named among the major unborn allies of the United States. As it is not a coincidence that the Taliban was allowed to open a representative office in Doha and then treat, under the first Trump presidency, the agreement for the withdrawal from Kabul revealed disastrous with Biden. Qatar has successfully negotiated in bloody crisis such as the war in Yemen, which however became a threat to the Houti, the violence in Darfur, now taken up with the new civil war and a border dispute between Gibuti and Eritrea. Doha’s services also operated in the shade entertaining rough contacts with Al Qaida and Isis, at least at the beginning, and then be part of the international coalition against the Caliphate. In Libya, Qatar has armed and financed the jihadist rebels against Gaddafi. Same script in Syria, where relations with the front al-nusra, the rib of Al Qaida, were such as to allow the release of hostages such as the nuns of the monastery of Malula seized in 2013. The satellite TV at the Jazeera, founded by the Emrato , is used as a flywheel to achieve strategic objectives in crisis areas. The conqueror of Damascus, Ahmad at Shara/Al Joulani, made his bones with Al Nusra and the first international flight landed in Damascus on January 7, after the fall of the Assad regime, was of the Qatar Airways. “The narrowest ally of the Emrato is Turkey, which has a brigade lined up in Qatar” still points out Gaiani. “Istanbul dealt with the operational execution on the ground, never the money that made the Syrian regime collapse, those came from Doha.”
