The transitional leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and the Qatari emir would meet with the president on Thursday, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
The two countries have strengthened their ties following al-Assad’s fall.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and al-Sharaa met in Damascus on January 16th, 2011, and Qatar reopened its embassy there in December after it was shut down in July 2011 shortly after Qatar’s backing of the Syrian revolution.
Asaad al-Shaibani, the new Syrian foreign minister, was also present in Doha earlier this month.
Since al-Assad’s fall, the Gulf state has focused its efforts on the humanitarian front in Syria. It has also continued to provide urgent humanitarian aid to Damascus.
Syrian opposition factions, led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took control of Damascus on December 8 after a rapid advance across the country that led to the collapse of al-Assad’s regime, after 61 years of Baath party rule and 53 years of rule by a member of the al-Assad family.
On Wednesday, Al-Sharaa was appointed as Syria’s transitional leader and authorized to form a temporary legislative body until a new constitution is approved.
Additionally, it was announced that all armed groups in the nation would be dissolved and incorporated into state institutions.
Source: Aljazeera
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