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Total trade was worth €7.18 billion in 2010 and the EU is Syria's largest trading partner with 22.5% of its trade (Syria is the EU's 50th). [17] Bilateral trade has contracted since the war to €1.45 billion in 2013, a drop of 91% of exports from Syria and of 61% of exports from the EU compared to 2011. [3]
16 January – Spain reopens its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure caused by the Syrian civil war. [4] 20 January – A French court issues an arrest warrant against former president Bashar al-Assad for the 2017 killing of a dual French-Syrian national in a bombing in Deraa. [5] 21 January –
Spain–Syria relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Spain and the Syrian Arab Republic. Siria has an embassy in Madrid. [1] Spain has an embassy in Damascus. [2] [3] Both countries are charter members of the Union for the Mediterranean, although Syria suspended its membership in 2011. [4] [5] [6]
It gave insurgents control over Syria's strategic heartland and a key highway crossroads, severing Damascus from a coastal region that's key to the power of Assad's Alawite sect.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The international community needs to establish "several red lines" in any talks with the new Syrian leadership and consider sanctions to ensure a peaceful future for the ...
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...
At a meeting in Damascus, Russian and Syrian officials clearly stated their support for Syria regaining control over all of its territory. [144] [145] [146] The United Arab Emirates also expressed official support for Assad. [147] A new round of meetings for the Astana summit process took place in the Kazakh capital Nur Sultan.
The rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, governed Syria's Idlib province with a mix of repression and pragmatism. Led by Abu Mohamed al-Golani, the group ...