Outgoing Prime Minister Nagib Mikati and Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib at the Serail on Dec. 3, 2024. (Photo provided by the Prime Minister's Office)
“The Lebanese Foreign Ministry has finally woken up from its deep slumber and understood that a change has occurred in Syria,” former head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, posted on X after being the first Lebanese official to visit Damascus after the fall of Assad and welcomed the contact between caretaker Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his new Syrian counterpart, Assaad Hassan Chibani.This meeting followed a conversation between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a part of a rebel coalition that succeeded in overthrowing the Assad regime on Dec. 8.During the call, Mikati and Sharaa agreed that an official Lebanese delegation, led by the foreign minister, would soon visit Syria. However, the details of this trip...
“The Lebanese Foreign Ministry has finally woken up from its deep slumber and understood that a change has occurred in Syria,” former head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, posted on X after being the first Lebanese official to visit Damascus after the fall of Assad and welcomed the contact between caretaker Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his new Syrian counterpart, Assaad Hassan Chibani.This meeting followed a conversation between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a part of a rebel coalition that succeeded in overthrowing the Assad regime on Dec. 8.During the call, Mikati and Sharaa agreed that an official Lebanese delegation, led by the foreign minister, would soon visit Syria. However, the details of this...