Qatar sees no reason for normalising ties with Syria, says foreign minister

Qatar has no plans to normalise ties with Syria, the Gulf state’s foreign minister said, after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office last week in an election derided by the opposition and the West as a farce.

Qatar was among several regional states including Saudi Arabia that backed rebels in Syria’s decade-old civil war. Some like the United Arab Emirates have sought to normalise ties after…