Bahrain Mirror: The official Qatari News Agency (QNA) said that Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani directed to cancel the National Day celebrations to express solidarity with Aleppo.

QNA statement read "Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani directed that the celebrations of the National Day, which falls on December 18, 2016, be cancelled in solidarity with the people of Aleppo who are being subjected to the worst kinds of repression, torture, displacement and genocide."

Qatar supports Al-Nusra front; a terrorist organization that controls parts East of Aleppo. The Syrian army and its allies started a massive military campaign to expel the front from the city.

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