Qatari Emir Visits Damascus in Historic First Since Assad's Ouster

Qatari Emir Visits Damascus in Historic First Since Assad's Ouster

On Thursday, January 30, 2025, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived at Damascus International Airport, marking the first visit by a head of state to Syria since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's regime. This significant event was reported by Al Jazeera, which noted the Emir's arrival ...

Saudi Arabia Hosts International Talks on Syria

Saudi Arabia Hosts International Talks on Syria

On January 12, 2024, Saudi Arabia will host an important meeting to discuss the situation in Syria, with participation from Arab and international representatives. Assad al-Shaibani, the Foreign Minister of the new Syrian administration, has arrived in Riyadh to join the talks. There will be tw...

French and German Foreign Ministers Visit Damascus Amid Political Shift

French and German Foreign Ministers Visit Damascus Amid Political Shift

DAMASCUS, Syria — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barot arrived in Damascus on Friday, January 3, 2025, marking a significant diplomatic engagement as he is followed by his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock. This visit is notable as it represents the first high-level delegation fr...

Iran Summons Saudi Ambassador After Execution of Six Nationals

Iran Summons Saudi Ambassador After Execution of Six Nationals

TEHRAN — On January 1, 2025, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador in Tehran to deliver a strong protest against Saudi Arabia's execution of six Iranian citizens convicted of drug trafficking. In a statement released by the official IRNA news agency, Iranian Consu...

First Official Contact Between Egypt and New Syrian Leadership

First Official Contact Between Egypt and New Syrian Leadership

On December 31, 2024, Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Al-Shaibani announced that he received a phone call from Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Al-Shaibani noted that the conversation emphasized the importance of both countries in fostering stability and pr...

Arrest of Assad Family Members with Forged Passports at Beirut Airport

Arrest of Assad Family Members with Forged Passports at Beirut Airport

On December 27, 2024, Syrian state television reported that Lebanese authorities detained the wife and daughter of Dureid Rifaat Assad at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut after discovering they were carrying forged Syrian passports. Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar noted that the detaine...

Presidential Leadership Council Hosts P3+2 Ambassadors in Yemen

Presidential Leadership Council Hosts P3+2 Ambassadors in Yemen

On December 17, 2024, Rashad Al-Alimi, President of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, welcomed ambassadors from the P3+2 group, which includes representatives from Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, France, and the United Kingdom. According to the official Yem...

Financial Times: Assad Regime Transferred Two Tons of Cash to Moscow

Financial Times: Assad Regime Transferred Two Tons of Cash to Moscow

The Financial Times reported that the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime transferred approximately $250 million in cash to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, while his family secretly acquired assets in Russia. According to an analysis of banking records, the funds were delivered t...

Maher Assad's Fate Revealed After Bashar's Flight to Moscow

Maher Assad's Fate Revealed After Bashar's Flight to Moscow

Six days after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his subsequent flight to Moscow, sources have disclosed the fate of his brother, Maher Assad, who was left behind. Maher, who commanded the Fourth Division of the Syrian Army and held significant influence within the st...