UK Re-Establishes Syria Ties Eight Months After Fall of Assad
People celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13.
Photographer: Mohamad Daboul/AFP/Getty ImagesUK Foreign Secretary David Lammy traveled to Damascus to renew diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, eight months after the overthrow of former President Bashar Al-Assad.
It marks the first visit in 14 years by a UK government minister to the Arab nation, which is trying to rebuild its battered economy after Assad was toppled by a group headed by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who has taken charge.