President of the opposition Syrian National Council George Sabra arrives at a conference focusing on investment in future Syria in Dubai.
DUBAI: Qatar has asked Syria’s newly formed opposition coalition to appoint an ambassador to the state, the first Arab country to publicly announce it will accept an envoy from the body. Qatar is one of the main backers of the Syrian National Coalition. “The Qatari request aims to strengthen the goals of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces to achieve the hopes of the Syrian people,” said a Qatari Foreign Ministry official, quoted by the state news agency QNA. A deal to form the coalition, a more inclusive opposition bloc, was forged in Qatar this month under intense international pressure. Britain, France and six Gulf states have fully recognised the new coalition but the United States and other nations say it needs more time to prove itself.
