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Top delegations from Jordan, Qatar visit Damascus to meet Syria’s new administration leader

A Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement said on Monday that Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi "is currently holding extensive talks" with al-Sharaa, without giving further details. Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed al-Khulaifi also arrived in the Syrian capital, leading a high-level delegation.

Anadolu Agency MIDDLE EAST
Published December 23,2024
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The handout picture released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry shows Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on December 23, 2024. (AFP Photo)

Top delegations from Jordan and Qatar visited Damascus on Monday for talks with the leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa.

A Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement said Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi "is currently holding extensive talks" with al-Sharaa, without giving further details.

Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed al-Khulaifi also arrived in the Syrian capital, leading a high-level delegation.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said al-Khulaifi will hold a series of meetings with Syrian officials "to embody Qatar's firm position in providing all the support to the Syrian people."

Al-Khulaifi arrived aboard a Qatar Airways plane, marking the first flight to from Doha to Damascus since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

In the past few days, al-Sharaa met with several foreign and Arab delegations in Damascus, including from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.

Assad, Syria's leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party regime which had been in power since 1963.

The takeover came after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters captured key cities in a lightning offensive that lasted less than two weeks.