Sybiha meets Syria’s new leader in Damascus - Arab News. PHOTO
A delegation of Ukraine, headed by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, is in Syria.
This was reported by Arab News, Censor.NET reports.
It is noted that a meeting was held with the de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
No other details about the meeting have been released.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine had already established contact with the new Syrian government.
Events in Syria
On 28 November, after four years of relative calm, fighting between Bashar al-Assad's forces and opposition groups resumed with renewed vigour on the outskirts of Aleppo.
On 29 November, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which leads a coalition of opposition forces in Syria, entered Aleppo and clashed with government forces on the western outskirts of the city.
November 30, the Syrian Armed Forces announce a "temporary withdrawal of troops" from Aleppo to prepare a counter-offensive against opposition forces.
According to Al Arabiya, rebels in Syria have taken control of Aleppo.
US President-elect Donald Trump has said that the US should not intervene in the developing conflict in Syria.
Bloomberg wrote that as rebels approach Damascus, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad decided to resort to indirect diplomatic appeals to the United States and President-elect Donald Trump to try to stay in power.
On 8 December, it became known that Syrian opposition fighters had taken Damascus and announced Assad's escape.
Subsequently, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad made his first public statement after the fall of his regime and his flight to Russia, claiming that he did not want to leave the country but did so with Moscow's mediation.
