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Syria foreign minister arrives on first visit to Qatar: officials

Syria's transitional government foreign minister, Asaad Al-Shaibani, arrived in Qatar on Sunday for his first visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad last month.

Published January 05,2025
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The foreign minister for Syria's transitional government arrived in Qatar on Sunday for his first visit to the Gulf state since the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month.

Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived on Sunday morning for meetings, a Syrian diplomat in Doha and a Qatari official confirmed to AFP. Qatar was the second country, after Türkiye, to reopen its embassy in Damascus following the overthrow of Assad.