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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

Faisal Mekdad

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad hold a press conference in Baghdad on June 4, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
June 4, 2023, 5:49 pm
Now back in wider Arab fold, Syria’s foreign minister visits diplomatic ally Iraq
Faisal Mekdad and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein discuss aid in wake of devastating February earthquake, future of displaced Syrians who fled civil war
By AFP
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, February 26, 2023. (SANA via AP)
April 15, 2023, 6:46 pm
No consensus among envoys on Syrian Arab League return
After Saudi Arabia summit, top diplomats vow to pursue deal to end Syrian Civil War, slam Israeli police raids at Al-Aqsa Mosque
By AP
Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2023. (SANA via AP)
April 13, 2023, 3:38 pm
Saudis set to host Arab nation talks on Syria as Mideast diplomacy shifts
Diplomats to discuss divisive issue of possible end to Syria’s 2011 suspension from Arab League over regime’s actions during civil war
By Haitham el-Tabei
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Damascus on February 27, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
February 27, 2023, 12:56 pm
Egypt’s FM visits Syria for 1st time in decade, as isolation of Assad regime weakens
After devastating earthquake, Sameh Shoukry is greeted by his counterpart at Damascus airport, as Arab outreach increases to government long shunned over civil war
By AFP
Then Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to reporters in Damascus, Syria, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
September 1, 2022, 5:27 pm
Syria warns Israel ‘playing with fire’ after alleged nighttime airstrikes
Damascus’s foreign minister says Jerusalem risking wider military conflict after Israeli jets allegedly bombed Aleppo and Damascus airports
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, July 8, 2022. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)
August 23, 2022, 9:25 pm
Lavrov condemns ‘dangerous’ Israeli strikes in Syria, as relations with Russia sour
Russian FM’s comments on ‘territorial integrity of Syria’ highlight deepening strains in Moscow-Jerusalem ties, six months after invasion of Ukraine
By Ash Obel
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) gives a press conference, in the presence of his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, in the capital Damascus, Syria, on March 23, 2022. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
March 23, 2022, 9:17 pm
Visiting Damascus, Iran’s FM hails Arab-Syrian normalization efforts
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is happy with recent moves by some countries to patch ties with Assad regime
By AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, center left, receives Iran's new Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, left, in Damascus, Syria, August 29, 2021. (SANA via AP)
August 30, 2021, 12:14 am
Iran and Syria vow to confront ‘economic terrorism’ of US sanctions
Meeting his Syrian counterpart, Iran’s new Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says two countries will aim to reduce pressure on their peoples
By Albert Aji
A screenshot of video aired by Syrian state TV on April 24, 2021, shows a fire on a ship off the coast of Banyas, which Syria says was apparently started after the ship was attacked by a drone. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 24, 2021, 9:14 pm
Syria blames Israel for mysterious attacks on oil tankers
Without providing evidence for Jerusalem’s involvement, foreign minister threatens ‘these attacks cannot continue with Israel not paying a price’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2, 2020 (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
December 8, 2020, 2:48 pm
Iran president vows to help Syria confront Israel ‘until Golan liberated’
Rouhani says Tehran, Damascus share goal of battling ‘Zionist occupiers’; top official calls for international action against ‘bloodsucking, anti-human’ Zionist regime
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Russian-made S-300 air defense system is on display for the annual Defense Week, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2017. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 26, 2018, 1:53 pm
Syria says S-300 defense system will make Israel rethink airstrikes
Deputy foreign minister claims Russian-supplied air-defense batteries, which Jerusalem says could endanger region, will only be used if Syria attacked
By AP and ToI Staff
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Damascus, Syria, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
May 23, 2018, 2:47 pm
Syria says withdrawal of Iranian, Hezbollah fighters ‘not on agenda’
Deputy foreign minister rejects Russian call for all foreign forces to eventually leave, including those aligned with Assad regime
By AFP
Syrians reportedly suffering from breathing difficulties following Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb, due to the lack of hospitals in the town, on February 4, 2018. (AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
February 14, 2018, 4:25 pm
Syria denies having chemical arms, calls them ‘unacceptable’
Damascus denial comes after Macron threatens French strikes against regime if use of such weapons is proven
By AFP
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, July 3, 2017. (SANA via AP)
July 3, 2017, 7:43 pm
Syrian military declares temporary cease-fire ahead of talks
Regime forces say halt of combat operations in the south of country is to support the peace process and reconciliation
By AP
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to al-Mayadeen on April 17, 2016 (screenshot)
April 17, 2016, 9:20 pm
Syria vows to use ‘any means necessary’ to take back Golan
Foreign minister blasts Israeli cabinet meeting in former Syrian territory as a ‘political attack’
By Dov Lieber
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