Qatar to reopen embassy in Syria for first time since 2011

A Qatari delegation has arrived in Damascus to pave the way for the reopening of Qatar’s embassy in Syria, the Gulf country’s foreign ministry says in a statement.

Qatar’s embassy in Damascus has been shut since July 2011 when it withdrew its ambassador from Damascus after a series of deadly crackdowns by Bashar al-Assad’s regime on street protesters – violence that led to the 13-year civil war.

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