Qatar’s embassy to Syria is to resume operations on Tuesday, the Gulf emirate announced on Sunday as its diplomats visited the country and met with its transitional government following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.“Qatar announces the resumption of the work of its embassy in the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic starting the day after tomorrow, Tuesday,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.It also named a new head of mission to Syria, Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud Al-Sharif.Doha closed its embassy in Damascus and recalled its ambassador in July 2011, early in the uprising against the al-Assad government that turned into a civil war.Doha said the return after the 13-year hiatus was “an expression of the State of Qatar’s principled stand with the Syrian people’s revolution” as well as a “categorical rejection of all the repressive policies of the regime” of al-Assad.Earlier, foreign ministry