A delegation representing the newly established Syrian government under the control of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) embarked on its inaugural international trip to Saudi Arabia. They are seeking financial and logistical support for rebuilding Syria after a devastating civil war.
A delegation representing the Syrian government under the jihadist terror organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ) began its first international visit on Wednesday to Saudi Arabia, seeking financing and other support to rebuild the war-torn country. A group of senior members of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) met HTS ‘foreign minister’ Asaad al-Shaibani, ‘defense minister’ Murhaf Abu Qasra, and the HTS intelligence chief Anas Khattab upon landing in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
HTS leaders have asserted that a top goal for Syria’s new foreign policy is to convince neighbors such as Saudi Arabia that they are not a national security threat to them and, on the contrary, seek close diplomatic and economic ties. Shaibani, the foreign minister, published a message marking his first trip abroad as Syria’s top diplomat on Wednesday, describing Saudi Arabia as a “sisterly” country. “Through this first visit in the history of Free Syria, we aspire to open a new, bright page in Syrian-Saudi relations that befits the long shared history between the two countries,” he wrote. Syria was under the control of the Iran-aligned Assad dynasty for over half a century and suffered a civil war that lasted over a decade and ended in December. HTS, an offshoot of the jihadist terrorist group al-Qaeda, was one of aof militias, government entities, and other political actors embroiled in the civil war and became the ultimate victor after launching a campaign against dictator Bashar Assad in November. HTS rapidly conquered Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city, and faced a disintegrating Syrian military that ultimately let it walk into Damascus. Bashar Assad and his family fled the capital to Russia between December 7 and 8 and is believed to remain in Moscow, a guest of strongman Vladimir Putin, at press time. The leader of HTS, U.S
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