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| Syria crisis: Qatar handing embassy over to opposition |
| 2013-02-13 |
| Qatar is to hand over the Syrian embassy in its capital, Doha, to Syria's main opposition group. The news was announced by the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), which has already appointed an ambassador. Qatar was among the first states to recognise the SNC as the official representative of the Syrian people. Meanwhile, Syria's former foreign ministry spokesman has told the BBC he abandoned the regime because his hopes for reform had been dashed. Jihad Makdissi, who disappeared from Damascus in early December, told BBC Arabic he left Syria quietly to be independent and support what he called "the peaceful change that's based on national dialogue and partnership away from hatred, extremism and foreign military intervention". |
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