Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Quotes
Do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria.
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir [Ruler] of Qatar, Official Request of the other Arab States to Intervene and Stop the Vicious Killing in the Syrian Civil War, Speech, United Nations, September 2012
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Paul tended to be one of the very few Republicans who did not favor American intervention in Syria.
The convoy was heading for the city of Alleppo that had been under siege by the government for weeks. 22 UN Aid Workers were killed and half the cargo was destroyed. Syria had been in a Civil War for a number of years, and the Government of Bashar al-Assad had committed one atrocity after another. A cease fire had been agreed to and the UN notified all parties to the war about the humanitarian convoy’s schedule and route. It was not known whether the government had decided to attack the convoy to put more pressure on the people in Aleppo to end their rebellion or the attack was made by local commanders of government troops who did not want to see the pressure on Aleppo lifted.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani is a member of the ruling Al Thani Qatari royal family. He was the ruling Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013. The Qatari government now refers to him as the Father Emir.
