Syria Reopens Embassy in Libya After 14 Years, as Damascus, Tripoli Vow Cooperation
The two governments also agreed to reactivate a joint committee and open a Syrian consulate in Benghazi, expanding diplomatic ties and security coordination.
- On Sunday, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani arrived in Tripoli to meet Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, agreeing to reopen the Syrian Embassy after 14 years and reactivate the Libyan-Syrian Joint Higher Committee.
- The embassy had been closed since 2012 after Libya's National Transitional Council recognized the Syrian uprising. Preparations to restore operations began last year, with a technical delegation raising the Syrian flag in August 2025.
- Expanded diplomatic representation will include a new Syrian consulate in Benghazi, Dbeibah and Al-Shaibani agreed. Talks also addressed security cooperation, counterterrorism, and unresolved financial dues between Libyan and Syrian institutions.
- Calling the meeting "a new chapter," Dbeibah noted it should be "based on shared interests, practical cooperation and addressing outstanding issues." Libya's rival governments separately signed a deal Sunday to hold national elections.
- These diplomatic efforts follow the December 2024 ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, which ended 61 years of Baath Party rule. Libya remains divided between the Tripoli-based Government and an eastern administration backed by Khalifa Haftar.
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Syria and Libya start 'a new chapter' in relations with Tripoli embassy reopening
TRIPOLI — Syria and Libya have agreed to reopen Syria’s embassy in Tripoli after talks between Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani.Dbeibah called Sunday’s meeting the start of “a new chapter” in their relations, saying it should be “based on shared interests, practical cooperation and addressing outstanding issues”.Al-Shai…
The return of the Syrian Embassy in Tripoli opens the door to a new phase of relations between the two countries, after years of the Syrian conflict and the Libyan division on its course. The news was posted via the Cedarnews news website. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, they visited our official website.
The Syrian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Asaad Al-Shaybani is discussing with the head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs the opening of the Syrian Embassy in Tripoli and the activation of the Joint High Committee.
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