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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Asaad Hassan al-Shibani

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa listens during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP)
May 12, 2025, 10:16 am
Trump Tower Damascus? Syria seeks to charm US president for sanctions relief
With Gulf help, Sharaa launches bid to get face time with Trump during his Mideast visit, with a pitch that includes a detente with Israel and US access to Syria’s oil and gas
By Timour Azhari and Humeyra Pamuk
A Syrian woman speaks with an employee at a currency exchange shop in Damascus on April 16, 2025 (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
April 26, 2025, 9:28 am
Syrian response to US conditions for sanctions relief: We won’t threaten Israel
Letter sent by new rulers in Damascus also promises to crack down on Palestinian groups operating in Syria, vows to tackle chemical weapons stockpiles
By Reuters
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani raises the new Syrian flag during a flag raising ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 25, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
April 26, 2025, 8:20 am
Syrian foreign minister raises new flag at UN, calls for Israeli withdrawal
In speech to Security Council, Asaad al-Shaibani urges world body to pressure Israel to leave buffer zone on border, end strikes; insists Syria does not pose threat to neighbors
By AFP
A member of a UN chemical weapons investigation team takes samples from sand near Damascus, Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
March 6, 2025, 10:57 am
Syria vows end to ‘painful legacy’ of chemical arms
In first, foreign minister addresses executive council of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, commits ‘to dismantle whatever may be left’ from Assad regime
By Agencies
Syria's then-de facto leader, now interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, walks in the presidential palace in Damascus, December 28, 2024. Mosa'ab Elshamy/ AP)
February 2, 2025, 12:23 pm
Syria’s interim president heads to Saudi Arabia on first diplomatic trip
In what is likely a signal to Iran, former rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Riyadh in bid to rebuild ties with Gulf giant after years of Iranian dominance in Damascus
By Jon Gambrell
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib arrives to attend an extraordinary Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 26, 2024, 3:16 pm
Lebanon hopes for neighborly relations in first message to new Syria government
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib speaks by phone with his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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