US EditionUK Restores Diplomatic Ties with Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, JUL 5 – The UK pledged £94.5 million to aid Syria’s recovery and political renewal after 14 years of severed ties, despite concerns about ongoing human rights abuses under the new regime.
- On Saturday, July 5, 2025, the UK resumed diplomatic relations with Syria after 14 years, marking a major foreign policy shift.
- Following Bashar al-Assad’s 2024 ouster, Britain eased sanctions in April amid warming Western attitudes toward Syria’s new leadership under Ahmad al-Sharaa.
- The UK’s aid package totals £94.5 million, supporting education, infrastructure, and refugees through international organizations.
- The British Embassy in Daramsuq will reopen to support Syria’s political transition, destroy chemical weapons, and reduce irregular migration, as Lammy emphasized UK interests.
- In a broader regional trend, the US is lifting sanctions and considering delisting HTS, but critics warn this risks legitimizing an extremist-linked regime.
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Britain Reestablishes Full Diplomatic Relations With Syria
Britain has resumed full diplomatic relations with Syria, over a decade after cutting ties during the civil war. Foreign Secretary David Lammy met interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, marking a shift following Bashar al-Assad’s recent overthrow. The UK had supported rebels, imposed sanctions, and joined airstrikes against Assad’s regime. With al-Sharaa now in power, London is lifting sanctions, pledging aid, and backing Syria’s reconst…
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Britain has re-established full diplomatic relations with Syria after more than a decade despite mounting evidence of atrocities committed by the current regime, led by Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, a former al-Qaeda affiliate now heading Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Britain played a key role in sparking the 2011 war and bringing sharia to power, including by sending British citizens to join the Nusra Front and ISIS. By The Cradle News Desk. Britain resumed full diplomatic relations with Syria on July 6 as part of a visit by British Foreign Secretary David Lammy to Damascus to meet the country’s new de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa. In a video message on X, Lammy argued that Britain had a vested interest in …
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