Qatar Hands Syria Embassy over to Terrorists

Qatar has handed the Syrian embassy building in Doha to the so-called ‘National Coalition’, Syria’s main opposition group, a statement said on Wednesday.

“Qatar has decided to hand over the Syrian embassy building in Doha to Mr. Nizar al-Haraki after his appointment as ambassador to Doha for the National Coalition,” the Coalition statement said.

“Qatar has acted faster than the Friends of Syria coalition,” the opposition statement read, in reference to a string of Western and Arab states, along with Turkey, which support the violent revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“The flag of the revolution will be raised above the building,” the Syrian National Coalition added.

Speaking to Agence France Presse by phone, Haraki said the Qatari authorities had accepted his appointment.

“Depending on whether they support the revolution, we will decide which former embassy staff members we will keep, and who we will lay off.”

The National Coalition was formed in the Qatari capital on November 11.

The Coalition in November named ambassadors to Paris and London but neither France nor Britain have yet handed over embassy buildings to the opposition.