New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall

The Independent

The Independent

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised the country’s new three-starred flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Aljazeera
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Images showed Shaibani raising the three-starred flag officially adopted after the December ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
International Business Times
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The new authorities in Damascus have been courting Washington in hopes of receiving relief from harsh sanctions that were imposed by the U.S. and its allies in the wake of Assad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011 that spiraled into a civil war.
ABC News Go
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The Trump administration has yet to officially recognise the current Syrian government, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, an Islamist former insurgent who led the offensive that toppled Assad.
Euronews

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