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The Riyadh meetings on Syria (Arabic: اجتماعات الرياض بشأن سوريا) were convened on 12 January 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The high-level international and Arab gathering aimed to discuss the situation in Syria and explore steps to stabilize the country following the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad 's regime.
Syria, [g] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [h] [16] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
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.
Renewed the authorisation for cross-border aid delivery in Syria until 10 January 2018. 2336: 31 December 2016 Unanimous Calls on all the parties to allow humanitarian agencies rapid, safe and unhindered access throughout Syria. 2401: 24 February 2018 Unanimous Calls for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria for 30 days starting from 24 February 2018 ...
On 30 November 2024, the Syrian Armed Forces implemented a significant military deployment to Daraa, a strategic city in southern Syria. Military leadership confirmed the deployment as part of ongoing national security operations, specifically aimed at addressing concerns related to militant organizations operating within southern Syrian ...
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.
17 September – At least seven people are killed in Syria during simultaneous explosions of pagers used primarily by Hezbollah members in Syria and Lebanon. [40] 22 September – Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when a land mine in a plastic bag explodes near a park in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate. [41]
This is a list of wars involving Syria since independence, including periods of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920), Mandatory Syrian Republic (1930–1946), Second Syrian Republic (1946–1958, 1961–1963), United Arab Republic (1958–1961), Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024), and Syria (2024–present).