Qatari Emir Reportedly Contacts Al-Asad via Palestinian Official, Signals Policy Change<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abPalestinian sources in Syria have revealed that Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki relayed to the Syrian President Bashar al-Asad a letter from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin-Hamad Al Thani in which the latter expresses a desire to improve relations with Damascus. The sources added that Zaki’s visit to Damascus and his meeting with Al-Asad on 7 October were not related to the dire conditions of Palestinians in Damascus or to Palestinian-Syrian relations, but centered on the state of Qatar and its foreign policy.<\/em> […]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbPalestinian sources told Al-Safir that Sheikh Tamim had called President Mahmud Abbas in August and invited him for a meeting in Doha. Abbas indeed visited Doha for one day on 28 August and met with Sheikh Tamim, who asked him to call Al-Asad in order to deflate tensions with the Syrian authorities and inform the Syrian leadership that Qatar will be gradually adopting a new foreign policy, but will not be introducing radical changes to its policy during the coming period. As for the delay in sending a Palestinian delegate to Syria for this aim, it had to do with the events that unfolded in Syria during the time between Abbas’s meeting with the Qatari emir and Abbas Zaki`s visit to Damascus.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t La seconde citation est du site iranien Qods Online<\/em>, du journal conservateur Mashhad<\/em> publi\u00e9 par la Qods Cultural Foundation of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza<\/em> (Astan-e Qods-e Razavi<\/em>). Il s’agit d’un commentaire de Hasan Hanizadeh sous le titre \u00abThe Breaking Up of the Anti-Syrian Coalition<\/em>\u00bb, du 14 octobre 2013. Les informations recoupent les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes sur l’\u00e9volution du Qatar, mais \u00e0 partir du cadre plus large de l’hypoth\u00e8se de la d\u00e9sint\u00e9gration de facto<\/em> de l’alliance de circonstance, et de tr\u00e8s fragile circonstance, entre le Qatar, la Turquie et l’Arabie, pour soutenir les rebelles syriens contre Assad.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abSheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani`s expressed interest in improving ties with Syria, indicates that the coalition of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar against the Syrian government is on the verge of collapse. Ever since the Syrian crisis began on 15 March 2011, the countries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey not only created an anti-Syrian coalition, they played a completely destructive role in this crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbAccording to estimates from foreign media, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which are considered two rival countries in the region, have so far provided Salafi terrorist groups in Syria with more than $36 billion in financial aid. However, with the passage of time and the Syrian army regaining important parts of this country’s territory and the revelation of signs of defeat among terrorist groups, Qatar has increased its distance from Ankara and Riyadh. The withdrawal of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani from power and his replacement with his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the new emir of Qatar, has been influential in this political turnabout.<\/em> […] Now that US and EU policies concerning Syria have undergone changes and in view of the later’s cooperation in the destruction of weapons of mass destruction, the government of Qatar had no choice but to separate its path from Turkey and Saudi Arabia. In an overall review of its policies toward Syria, the emir of Qatar has sent a message to Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, announcing his readiness to resume political ties with Damascus. This message was recently delivered to the Syrian president by Abbas Zaki, a prominent member of Fatah and one of the close colleagues of Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian National Authority, in their meeting in Damascus.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbAlthough the Syrian government has so far not shown any reaction to Qatar’s interest in giving up its past policies regarding Syria, it seems that Damascus is not opposed to the normalization of ties with Doha. Should the relationship between Damascus and Doha return to its usual form, Turkey and Saudi Arabia will undoubtedly be extremely isolated in their policies towards Syria. It is natural that faced with this process and domestic and international pressure, Ankara will separate its path from that of Saudi Arabia. Despite the fact that the unholy coalition of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar against the Syrian government has inflicted great damage on the Syrian nation, the coalition’s collapse indicates that the Syrian government will be able to put the current crisis behind safely. Under such circumstances, as the only crisis initiating factor in Syria, Saudi Arabia will be left alone and become extremely isolated as far as public opinion is concerned.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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