Mohammed Qanatri

Mohammed Qanatri is a Syrian diplomat who has served as chargé d'affaires at the Syrian Embassy to Washington, D.C, United States, since 2026.

Born in the town of Teir Maalah in Homs Governorate, Syria, he holds a degree in civil engineering from Cyprus International University. Following the Syrian revolution, he participated in peaceful activism and armed action before joining Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, where he served in the Political Affairs Department.

After the fall of the Assad regime, he served on a committee tasked by the Department of Political Affairs with overseeing the affairs of Syrian embassies and ambassadors. He subsequently worked on Syrian-American relations and was appointed Deputy Director of the American Department at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 2025. In January 2026, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Qanatri as chargé d’affaires at the Syrian Embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.

Biography Qanatri was born in the town of Teir Maalah in Homs Governorate, Syria, and holds a degree in civil engineering from Cyprus International University. Following the Syrian revolution, he participated in peaceful activism and armed action before joining Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, where he served in the Political Affairs Department. He subsequently worked on Syrian-American relations and was appointed Deputy Director of the American Department at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 2025. In April 2026, U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson wrote on X and said that Free Syria was represented in Washington for the first time with the appointment of a chargé d’affaires to its embassy.