Qatari terrorism in Syria discredits Tamim’s speech

CAIRO-22 July 2017: Qatar’s Emir Tamim Bin Hamad gave a speech on Friday over the latest impacts of the political crisis between the tiny Emirate and four Arab nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab of Emirates and Bahrain.

The young Emir denied his country role in supporting and funding terrorism in the region, despite the mounting evidences of the tiny emirate’s agenda in destabilizing Arab states.

A documentary released by Sky News Arabia examined several incidents in which Qatar was involved in such acts. In March 2014, the militant group al-Nusra Front in Syria freed 13 nuns it had kidnapped from a convent in the Syrian town Maaloula three months earlier. According to BBC, the nuns were to be exchanged for 150 Islamist women imprisoned by Lebanese and Syrian authorities.

As BBC reported, two militants from the Syrian city Yabroud claimed Qatar offered to pay $4 million, while al-Nusra Front demanded $50 million to release the kidnapped nuns.

In September 2014, Qatar gave millions of dollars to the same group so it would release 45 Iranian soldiers who were part of the peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights. The 45 Iranian soldiers were released, according to Sky News Arabia.


A Global Campaign against Qatar’s Financing of Terrorism has prepared a dossier on the violations committed by al-Assad regime and the Qatari government against educational institutions in Syria for submission to UNESCO, Gulf News reported on Saturday.

Yusuf Omar, official spokesman for the campaign, made the announcement during the inauguration of an art exhibition in Vienna that showcases paintings by Syrian refugee children.

The dossier says terrorists groups, financed by Qatar, in the conflict areas in some Syrian towns and villages, led to shutting down and destroying several schools and educational institutions, the matter which deprives millions of Syrian students of their rights to receive a proper education.

“The Qatari government’s funding of terrorist groups in conflict zones in several Syrian towns and villages has led to the closure and demolition of a large number of schools and educational institutions,” Omar said. “This deprived millions of Syrian students from their education.”

Some of the paintings, according to Omar, depicted the negative impact of depriving children the right to education, caused by terrorist groups financed by the Qatari regime and the systematic practices of al-Assad regime.

The dossier was submitted to UNESCO in order to shed the light on such issue to put an end to the violation committed by Qatar through financing terrorism in Syria, therefore, prolonging the war there.