The Syrian embassy in Qatar held a funeral service following the death of Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian, second Arab in space and a vocal opponent of the Assad regime.
Faris died on Friday at the age of 72 in Turkey after more than a decade of exile.
Bilal Turkiya, Charge d’Affairs at the Syrian Embassy in Qatar, spoke to Doha News about Faris’s legacy.
Watch to hear what he had to say.
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