The Qatari embassy in Syria will be reopened today Tuesday and will start its work, as announced by the Qatari government, as its diplomats visited the country and met with the transitional government after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
“Qatar announces that it will resume the work of its embassy in our brotherly country in Syria starting on Tuesday,” said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar.
It also named a new head of mission in Syria, Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud Al-Sharif.
Doha closed its embassy in Damascus and recalled its ambassador in July 2011, early in the uprising against the Assad government that turned into a civil war.
Unlike other Arab countries, Qatar never restored diplomatic relations with Syria during the reign of Assad, who was ousted 11 days after rebel forces launched heavy attacks on major cities and the capital, Damascus.
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