US, Qatar have quiet agreement to block Iran from accessing $6B in funds amid Hamas' terror attacks on Israel
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The United States has reached an agreement with Qatar to block Iran from accessing $6 billion in humanitarian aid amid the Israel-Hamas war, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
A source present in the room told Fox News Digital that Adeyemo told congressional Democrats in that meeting that the United States has reached "quiet understanding" with Qatar not to move the $6 billion in funding. Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.
A senior House aide told Fox News that Congress has not received an official notification from the State Department or the Biden administration freezing the funding. The aide said it was not mentioned in the briefing on the matter earlier Thursday.
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