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Between 1977 and 1978, the EU and Syria ratified and signed a Cooperation Agreement which governs relations, which serves as the foundation for EU-Syria relations. [11] [5] In 2007, the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and National Indicative Programme (NIP) were implemented, which shaped the relationship between the EU and Syria up until 2012 and focused on political, economic and social reforms ...
International sanctions against Syria are a series of economic sanctions and restrictions imposed on Syria which was under the Ba'athist regime at that time by the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland, mainly as a result of the repression of civilians in the Syrian civil war from 2011 onwards.
Syria has an honorary consulates in Sydney [275] and Melbourne. [276] Australia is accredited to Syria from its embassy in Beirut. An Australian embassy was opened in Damascus in 1977. Syria opened an embassy in Canberra in the early 2000s. Until the start of the current Syrian civil war in 2011, the two countries enjoyed good relations.
On 12 November 2011, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria from the organization if Al-Assad's government failed to stop military action by 16 November and invited Syria's opposition parties to join talks in the League's Cairo headquarters. Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Mauritania, and Yemen voted against the action, while Iraq abstained.
The politics of Syria is currently in a transitional period led by the Syrian transitional government. The seat of the government is located in Damascus , Syria . The previous government consisted of a President , a Prime Minister , and a legislative council with 250 seats.
Central Intelligence Agency activities in Syria since the agency's inception in 1947 have included coup attempts and assassination plots, and in more recent years, extraordinary renditions, a paramilitary strike, and funding and military training of forces opposed to the current government.
Operation Dawn of Freedom [d] refers to a military offensive launched by the Syrian National Army (SNA; a Turkish-backed coalition of forces) against the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), targeting the northern Aleppo Governorate region between al-Bab and Tadef within the Operation Euphrates Shield zone.
In September 2005, the Swiss ambassador Jaques de Watteville described his country's relations with Syria as "very good relations." [2] On 18 August 2011, the Syrian ambassador to Bern was summoned for consultations against the backdrop of escalating violence. [3] As a result of the Syrian conflict, the Swiss embassy was closed in 2012. [1]