The Syrian Foreign Minister, Assaad Shaibani, participating in the Arab League summit in Cairo, on April 23, 2025. (Credit: SANA)
Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad Shaibani attended a ceremony on Friday to raise the new Syrian flag outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, according to the state-run Syrian news agency SANA.
The three-star flag, previously used by opposition groups, replaced the Assad era's two-star flag of the Baath party as the official emblem of the country.
Shaibani is on his first official trip to the U.N. and is expected to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting, according to the Associated Press. This marks the first public appearance of a senior Syrian government official in the United States since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad during a rapid rebel offensive in December 2024.
Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad Shaibani attended a ceremony on Friday to raise the new Syrian flag outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, according to the state-run Syrian news agency SANA.!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");The three-star flag, previously used by opposition groups, replaced the Assad era's two-star flag of the Baath party as the official emblem of the country.Shaibani is on his first official trip to the U.N. and is expected to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting, according to the Associated Press. This marks the first public appearance of a senior Syrian government official in the United...
