Britain Reestablishes Full Syria Ties As FM Visits Damascus

Source: International Business Times

Britain cut diplomatic ties with Syria more than a decade ago and went on to strike the country during its lengthy civil war AFP Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as Foreign Secretary David Lammy met the country's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus. In 2011, Britain was among the first countries to acknowledge rebel groups as the official Syrian government after then-president Bashar al-Assad's crushing of pro-democracy protests plunged the country into civil war. London also joined sanctions against Syria and later closed its embassy in Damascus, going on to launch air strikes on Assad's forces.