Top diplomats from U.S., Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria’s transition
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Top diplomats from U.S., Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria’s transition

The Hindu  

Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey met in Jordan on Saturday to discuss how to assist Syria ’s transition after the fall of Bashar Assad's government a week ago. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian insurgent group that led the overthrow of Assad’s government, but the group continues to be designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others. Gunmen attacks Syrian insurgent group members A Syrian war monitor and a citizen journalist say gunmen attacked members of a Syrian insurgent group in the country’s coastal region, killing or wounding 15 of them Saturday. U.S. officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that led the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government a week ago, but the group continues to be designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others.

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Turkey minister says 25,000 Syrian returned home since president Assad's ouster
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Turkey minister says 25,000 Syrian returned home since president Assad's ouster

Hindustan Times  

More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist-led HTS rebels, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday. Syrian refugees living in Turkey wait in a queue to enter Syria Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees who fled the civil war that broke out in 2011, and whose presence has been an issue …

Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world

Raw Story  

Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade. After meeting Syria's new leaders, the United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday he was "encouraged", and that there was a "basis for ambitious …

Iran to reopen embassy in Syria once security conditions are met
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Iran to reopen embassy in Syria once security conditions are met

Hindustan Times  

Iran's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that its embassy in Syrian would reopen once the "necessary conditions" are met, after the diplomatic mission was vandalised following the ouster of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad. Iran's embassy in Syria was vandalised when Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, but the foreign ministry announced Tuesday that it would reopen provided the "necessary conditions" …

Qatar to reopen Damascus embassy it closed 13 years ago 'to stand with Syrian people’s revolution’
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Qatar to reopen Damascus embassy it closed 13 years ago 'to stand with Syrian people’s revolution’

Firstpost  

Qatar has announced the resumption of the work of its embassy in the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic starting Tuesday Gate of the Embassy of Qatar in the Syrian capital Damascus. “Qatar announces the resumption of the work of its embassy in the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic starting Tuesday,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. During its meeting with the …

Middle East latest: Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria’s transition
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Middle East latest: Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss Syria’s transition

Associated Press  

Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey met in Jordan on Saturday to discuss how to assist Syria ’s transition after the fall of Bashar Assad’s government a week ago. Here’s the latest: Gunmen loyal to Assad attack members of a Syrian insurgent group US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during his meeting with the …

Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition

Hindustan Times  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria. Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition He is meeting on Friday with Turkey's foreign minister after talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to try to bring Turkey …

Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition

Associated Press  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria. ___ Here’s the latest: Blinken seeks to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria ANKARA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a visit to Turkey …

Syria’s embassy in Moscow hoists HTS flag after Assad flees to Russia
1 month ago

Syria’s embassy in Moscow hoists HTS flag after Assad flees to Russia

Firstpost  

After the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian embassy in Moscow has hoisted the flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main opposition group that led the offensive against the ousted regime Syrian Association in Denmark demonstrates, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, at City Hall Square, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Reuters A group of …

Images of Syria’s opposition flag raised at the embassy in Russia
1 month ago

Images of Syria’s opposition flag raised at the embassy in Russia

Al Jazeera  

At the Syrian embassy in Russia’s capital, Moscow, a group of men raised the opposition flag a day after the government of Bashar al-Assad fell in Damascus. “Today the embassy opened and is working normally under a new flag,” an embassy representative told Russia’s state news agency TASS on Monday. Removed Syrian leader al-Assad fled to Moscow, Russian media reported, …

Where Turkey stands as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents
1 month ago

Where Turkey stands as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Syrian refugees across Turkey jubilantly welcomed the downfall of Bashar Assad’s government Sunday, with many embracing the chance to return to their homeland. FILE - From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Share Share Copy Link …

Syria and Saudi Arabia resume regular commercial flights as part of a thaw in relations
6 months ago

Syria and Saudi Arabia resume regular commercial flights as part of a thaw in relations

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS — Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia resumed Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade as part of a thaw in relations between the countries, Syrian state media reported. Syria and Saudi Arabia had severed ties in 2012 over President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters at the start of …

Turkey's Erdogan renews push to restore ties with Syria that were severed over a decade ago
6 months ago

Turkey's Erdogan renews push to restore ties with Syria that were severed over a decade ago

New Indian Express  

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his willingness to restore ties with Syria and extended an “invitation” Sunday to bring back relations to "how they were in the past." We met with Assad as a family, ” Erdogan told journalists Sunday on a flight from Berlin, where he watched Turkey play the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the European …

Turkey’s president expresses willingness to restore diplomatic ties with Syria
6 months, 1 week ago

Turkey’s president expresses willingness to restore diplomatic ties with Syria

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that there is no obstacle preventing Turkey and Syria from restoring diplomatic ties that were cut off at the start of the Syrian civil war more than a decade ago. The Syrian government has repeatedly condemned Ankara’s control over a territory that it took hold of through several military incursions …

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors and end years of tensions between the regional powers
1 year, 6 months ago

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors and end years of tensions between the regional powers

The Hindu  

Egypt and Turkey took a further step toward restoring full diplomatic ties on Tuesday by dispatching ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in the reconciliation between the two regional powers. Egypt and Turkey withdrew their ambassadors as tensions between them flared following the Egyptian military’s 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi amid mass protests against …

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors and end years of tensions between the regional powers
1 year, 6 months ago

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors and end years of tensions between the regional powers

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Egypt and Turkey took a further step toward restoring full diplomatic ties on Tuesday by dispatching ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in the reconciliation between the two regional powers. Egypt and Turkey withdrew their ambassadors as tensions between them flared following the Egyptian military’s 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi amid …

Arab foreign ministers welcome Syria’s return to the Arab League ahead of Jeddah summit
1 year, 7 months ago

Arab foreign ministers welcome Syria’s return to the Arab League ahead of Jeddah summit

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Arab foreign ministers Wednesday in Saudi Arabia welcomed back Syria to the Arab League and called for a cease-fire in conflict-hit Sudan ahead of the organization’s annual summit taking place in the kingdom. Bin Farhan also welcomed Syria’s return, as did the league’s Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf. Syria’s return to the Arab …

Turkey and Syria agree to improve ties after talks in Moscow
1 year, 8 months ago

Turkey and Syria agree to improve ties after talks in Moscow

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Syria and Turkey agreed Wednesday to set up a “roadmap” to improve strained ties, following talks alongside Russia and Iran in Moscow. Moscow has spent years trying to help Syrian President Bashar Assad rebuild ties with Turkey and other countries that were fractured in the war, which has killed nearly 500,000 people and displaced half of Syria’s prewar …

Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran hold high-level talks in Moscow
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran hold high-level talks in Moscow

Al Jazeera  

The talks are taking place as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad mends ties with regional powers after more than a decade of isolation. The foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran have met in Moscow for high-level talks on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during Syria’s war. Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad was quoted as …

Saudi Arabia, Syria to reopen embassies restoring relations
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Syria to reopen embassies restoring relations

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia and Syria will reopen diplomatic missions between the two countries now that relations have improved 11 years after the facilities were closed, the two nations foreign ministries said Tuesday. That had followed a visit by Syria’s top diplomat to the kingdom, the first since Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria in 2012 and a visit by …

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’: Minister
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’: Minister

Al Jazeera  

Announcement comes after the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations during talks in China last month. Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals “within days”, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said in a sign of warming relations after the two countries closed their missions seven years ago. The two countries reached an agreement in …

Syria’s FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties
1 year, 8 months ago

Syria’s FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties

Associated Press  

ALGIERS — Syria’s chief diplomat has started a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab world, more than a decade after his country was globally isolated amid President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on mass protests against his rule. Mikdad notably praised Algeria’s help after the devastating Feb. 6 earthquake that killed …

Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights
1 year, 8 months ago

Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights

The Hindu  

Syria and Saudi Arabia are moving toward reopening embassies and resuming flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade, the countries said on April 13 in a joint statement. Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles However, in recent years, as Mr. Assad has consolidated control over most of the country, Syria's …

Syria’s rapprochement advances with Tunisia, Saudi Arabia
1 year, 8 months ago

Syria’s rapprochement advances with Tunisia, Saudi Arabia

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia, state media reported Wednesday, as Syria’s top diplomat visited Saudi Arabia seeking to restore ties that have been severed for more than a decade. His move to appoint a new ambassador to Syria was reciprocated by the Syrian government, a joint statement from the two countries’ foreign ministries said Wednesday, according …

Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade
1 year, 8 months ago

Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade

The Hindu  

Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new Ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state media reported on April 12. Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. Analysis | Syria’s hopes of rebuilding after quake grow dim as civil …

Syria’s FM visits Egypt in step toward restoring ties
1 year, 9 months ago

Syria’s FM visits Egypt in step toward restoring ties

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Syria’s chief diplomat was in Egypt on Saturday in a step toward normalizing ties between the two countries. Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad met with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry for talks that addressed ties between the two countries along with other regional and international topics, according to Ahmed Abu Zaid, a spokesperson for the Egyptian foreign ministry. It’s been …

Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the first time in a decade, state television in the kingdom reported late Thursday, the latest diplomatic reshuffling in the region. The announcement on state TV comes after Chinese-mediated talks in Beijing saw Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies in …

Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the first time in a decade, state television in the kingdom reported late Thursday, the latest diplomatic reshuffling in the region. Saudi Arabian state television aired a report late Thursday, quoting an anonymous official in the country's Foreign Ministry, acknowledging the talks between the …

Saudi Arabia and Syria ‘in talks to restore ties’
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia and Syria ‘in talks to restore ties’

Al Jazeera  

Saudi state television reports that the two countries are in talks to resume consular services. Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks over a resumption of consular services between the two countries, according to Saudi state television, an indication of a possible restoration of ties between the two countries. Contacts between Riyadh and Damascus had gathered momentum following a landmark …

UAE top diplomat back in Syria as relations continue to thaw
2 years ago

UAE top diplomat back in Syria as relations continue to thaw

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday, his second visit to Damascus as relations continue to thaw between the two countries. According to a statement from Assad’s office, he and UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed boosting economic ties between their nations. The UAE’s state-run WAM news …

Syria’s Assad visits UAE, 1st trip to Arab country since war
2 years, 9 months ago

Syria’s Assad visits UAE, 1st trip to Arab country since war

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his office said, marking his first visit to an Arab country since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. When asked about Assad’s visit to the UAE, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Washington was “profoundly disappointed and troubled by this apparent attempt to legitimize …

UAE FM visit signals Arab world willing to engage with Syria
3 years, 2 months ago

UAE FM visit signals Arab world willing to engage with Syria

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates met with Syria’s once widely shunned president in Damascus on Tuesday, sending the clearest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with strongman Bashar Assad. The visit by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the first by an Emirati foreign minister since Syria’s civil war …

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years
6 years ago

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years

Al Jazeera  

Move seen as boost to Syrian government from an Arab country which once funded opposition fighters. The UAE said the reopening was intended to normalise relations with Syria and curb the risk of regional interference in “Arab, Syrian affairs”, according to Saudi-owned TV channel Al Arabiya. “The UAE decision … came after a conviction that the next stage requires the …

UAE re-opens embassy in Syria as Arab leaders begin to welcome Assad back from the cold
6 years ago

UAE re-opens embassy in Syria as Arab leaders begin to welcome Assad back from the cold

The Telegraph  

The United Arab Emirates has re-opened its embassy in Syria, taking a major public step towards welcoming Bashar al-Assad back into the fold of Arab leaders after years of estrangement. Syria was suspended from the Arab League shortly after the Syrian war broke out in 2011 and most Arab states closed their embassies in Damascus in protest at Assad’s violent …

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