Qatar-Syria Archives

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Qatar backs global efforts to hold Assad regime accountable for Douma chemical attack

A new report by The Hague-based watchdog held the regime accountable for the deadly massacre. Qatar expressed its “full support” for global efforts to hold Syria’s Bashar Al Assad regime…

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QRCS monitors WHO’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution in northern Syria

Since Covid-19’s outbreak in 2020, Qatar has provided aid to several nations to help the world grapple with the disease’s impact. Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is monitoring the distribution…

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‘Shameful’: Hamas leaders slammed for ‘turning the page’ with Syria’s Assad

Unlike some Arab states, Qatar has staunchly refused to normalise with the Assad regime after severing ties in 2011 at the height of the Arab Spring protests. Palestine’s Hamas movement…

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Syrian opposition praises amir’s ‘principled, humane’ speech on Syria at UNGA

The Gulf state has repeatedly expressed its refusal to normalise with the Syrian regime for its human rights abuses against the people of Syria. The Syrian opposition has praised Qatar’s…

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Displaced Syrian child who ‘couldn’t feed his siblings’ given key to new home

The ongoing war in Syria has resulted in 6.8 million refugees globally, representing the highest number reported. A 10-year-old displaced Syrian in Idlib whose story went viral after he was…

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Qatar helps 33,000 displaced people in Syria amid looming winter season

The total number of forcibly displaced people worldwide reached 89.3 million by the end of 2021. Qatar is now providing internally displaced persons (IDP) in northern Syria with much-needed aid…

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Amir Tamim slams crimes committed by Syrian regime, renews stance against normalisation

The Gulf state was the first to establish an embassy for the Syrian opposition. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani reiterated his country’s unwavering stance against normalising with…

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Qatar calls for end to suffering in Syria

At least 1,271 civilians, including 229 children, and 104 victims of torture were killed in Syria in 2021 alone. Qatar has stressed the need for “concentrated efforts” to end the…

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Qatar, Turkey to build village for 5,000 displaced Syrians in Aleppo

The UN Human Rights Office estimates more than 306,000 civilians were killed over 10 years in the Syria conflict. Qatar and Turkey are set to build a residential village for…

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