The internationally recognized Yemeni government announced on December 21, 2024, its intention to reactivate its embassy in Damascus, Syria, following the collapse of Assad's regime, which had previously handed the embassy premises over to the Iran-backed Houthi group, classified as a terrorist organization.

According to a source from the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited by the state-run Saba News Agency, the Yemeni embassy will resume operations as soon as the government regains control of its building, which the former regime had withheld.

The ministry is currently in diplomatic talks with the new Syrian authorities to facilitate the transfer of the embassy premises. The Houthi group seized the embassy following their takeover of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, and the subsequent ousting of the legitimate government in September 2014, which strained relations between Arab nations and the Syrian regime.

The Houthis officially took possession of the Yemeni embassy in Damascus in 2015, dispatching a diplomatic mission similar to their actions in Tehran—an act the Yemeni government condemned as a violation of international norms.

In October 2023, the Yemeni government was formally notified of the Syrian government's decision to return the embassy premises after the expulsion of the Houthi representative at the request of Syrian authorities, coinciding with Assad's regime's efforts to normalize relations with Arab nations.

On December 8, 2024, Syrian opposition factions took control of Damascus, marking the end of Assad's 61-year rule through the Ba'ath Party and 53 years of the Assad family's grip on power. Following Assad's fall, several Arab and foreign nations announced plans to reinstate their embassies in Damascus, especially those that had previously strained ties with his sectarian regime, which had committed atrocities against the Syrian people over the past decade.