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|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 July 1967<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MONGOLIA |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LIST}}</ref>
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*Malaysian embassy in Damascus is closed since August 2012, due to the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malaysian Embassy in Syria ordered to close temporarily {{!}} The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2012/08/19/malaysian-embassy-in-syria-ordered-to-close-temporarily|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.thestar.com.my}}</ref>
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Nations with which Syria has diplomatic relations.

Ensuring national security, increasing influence among its Arab neighbours and securing the return of the Golan Heights, have been the primary goals of the Syrian Arab Republic's foreign policy. At many points in its history, Syria has seen tension with its neighbours, such as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Syria enjoyed an improvement in relations with several of the states in its region in the 21st century, prior to the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War.

Until 2018, due to the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Arab Republic's government was partially isolated from the countries in the region and the wider international community. Diplomatic relations are severed with several countries including: Turkey, Canada, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, United States, UK, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Qatar and Ukraine.[1] In 2011 and 2012, Syria was suspended from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Union for the Mediterranean. Syria is also full member of the Arab League.

Syria continues to foster good relations with its traditional allies, Iran and Russia. Other countries that presently maintain good relations with Syria include China, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam,[2][3] Fiji, Singapore, Sri Lanka,[4] Laos,[5] Myanmar,[6] Cambodia,[7] Thailand,[8] Philippines,[9] India,[10][11][12] Pakistan,[13] Bangladesh,[14] Malaysia,[15] Indonesia[16] Brunei,[17] Armenia,[18] Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,[19] Kyrgyzstan,[20] Uzbekistan,[8] Turkmenistan,[8] Mongolia,[21] Tajikistan,[22] Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia,[23] Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,[24] Serbia, Montenegro,[25] Vatican City and Belarus.[26]

Syria does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel and South Korea, but has diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[27] Syria also maintains relations with autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.[28]

On 26 February 2023, Bashar al-Assad had met with Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati lawmakers, as well as representatives from Oman and Lebanon after more than a decade of isolation in the region. Arab states contributed significantly to the relief effort after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. A week before, Al-Assad travelled to Oman for his first foreign visit since the quake.[29]

Bilateral relations

Africa

Syria has relations with Angola,[30] Cameroon,[31] Eritrea,[32] Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali,[33] Mozambique,[34] Niger, Nigeria,[35][36] Senegal,[37] Somalia,[38] South Africa,[39][40] Uganda,[41] Tanzania[42] and Zimbabwe.[43]

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Algeria 1963 See Algeria–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Algiers.
  • Algeria has an embassy in Damascus.[44]
 Angola 10 February 1999 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 February 1999[45]
 Chad 16 August 1969 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 August 1969[46]
 Comoros 25 November 1975 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 November 1975[47]
 Egypt See Egypt–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Cairo.
  • Egypt has an embassy in Damascus.[48]
  • In June 2013 Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi announced he would cut all relations with the Syrian government.[49] Under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, however, Egypt has taken a more supportive stance towards Assad's government. In 2017, for example, Egypt called for Syria's re-admittance to the Arab League.[50]
 Ethiopia 26 August 1980 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 August 1980[51]
 Gabon 18 July 1975 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1975[52]
 Libya
 Mauritania 11 June 1966
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 June 1966[60]
  • Syria has an embassy in Nouakchott.[61]
  • Mauritania has an embassy in Damascus.[62]
 Morocco 1956 See Morocco–Syria relations
  • Syria is accredited to Morocco from its embassy in Algiers.[63]
  • Morocco has an embassy in Damascus.[64]
 Nigeria
  • Syria has an honorary consulate in Lagos.[65]
  • Nigeria has an embassy in Damascus.[36]
 SADR 15 April 1980 (recognition) See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic–Syria relations
  • Syria officially recognized SADR on 15 April 1980, but does not maintain diplomatic relations with it.[66]
  • SADR has General Delegation in Damascus.
 Senegal
  • Syria has an embassy in Dakar.[67]
  • Senegal is accredited to Syria from its embassy in Cairo.
 Somalia 14 December 1964
 South Africa 1 June 1994
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1994[70]
  • Syria has an embassy in Pretoria.[71]
  • South Africa has an embassy in Damascus.[72]
 Sudan
 Tanzania
 Tunisia
  • Tunisia ceased to recognise the government of Syria on 4 February 2012. During his tenure, Hamadi Jebali, the Prime Minister, called on fellow Arab states to follow its lead: "We have to expel the Syrian ambassadors from Arab countries."[77]
  • In 2019, France24 speculated that new president Kais Saied could renew his country's diplomatic relations with Syria.[78]
  • Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, President Saied decided to strengthen diplomatic ties with Syria to the ambassador level.[79]
 Uganda 28 June 1972 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 June 1972[80]
 Zambia 15 May 1969 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 May 1969[81]

Americas

Syria has diplomatic relations with most Central and South American countries such as Antigua and Barbuda,[82] Argentina,[83] Bolivia,[84] Brazil,[85] Chile,[86] Cuba,[87][88] Ecuador,[89] El Salvador,[90] Grenada,[91] Guatemala,[92] Guyana,[93] Nicaragua,[94] Panama,[95] Paraguay,[96] Peru,[97] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia,[98] Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname,[82] Uruguay[99] and Venezuela.[100]

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Argentina 23 November 1945
 Belize 28 August 2001
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 August 2001[104]
  • Syria is accredited to Belize from its embassy in Havana.
 Bolivia 14 January 2010
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 January 2010[105]
  • Syria is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in Santiago.
 Brazil 1945[106]
 Canada
  • The Canadian Embassy closed on March 5, 2012.[109]
  • The Syrian Embassy in Ottawa was closed on 29 May 2012[110]
  • Syrian Consulate in Montreal was closed in 2016[111]
  • Syria has an Honorary Consulate in Vancouver
  • Since the beginning of the Syrian War, over 40,000 Syrian refugees have re-settled in Canada.[112]
 Chile 1945
 Colombia 24 May 1988
 Cuba 11 August 1965[116]
 Dominican Republic 2 October 2007
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 October 2007[118]
  • Syria is accredited to Dominican Republic from its embassy in Caracas.
 Mexico 20 August 1950 See Mexico–Syria relations
  • Mexico and Syria established diplomatic relations on 21 August 1950.[119]
  • Mexico is accredited to Syria from its embassy in Cairo.[120]
  • In 2014, Mexico closed its honorary consulate in Damascus.[121]
 Nicaragua
  • Syria is accredited to Nicaragua from its embassy in Havana.
  • Nicaragua is accredited to Syria from its embassy in Tehran.
 Paraguay 13 December 2004
 United States 1944[127] See Syria–United States relations

While relations between the two states have long since been tense, the two have maintained diplomatic exchanges. However, relations took an ominous turn in October 2008 with a cross-border raid during the Iraq War to ostensibly fend off the rise of allegedly foreign militants into the Iraq fighting for the Iraqi resistance.

In December 2012, US president Barack Obama announced the US would formally recognise the Syrian Opposition Coalition, rather than the Damascus government, as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. As of 2012, the embassy of the United States is suspended due to the Syrian civil war.[128] In May 2014, the US announced it recognised the opposition Syrian National Coalition's US offices as an official "foreign mission".[129]

As of 21 August 2013, the United States has threatened to strike key Syrian chemical and biological weapons installations in response to a chemical attack that was allegedly carried out by forces loyal to Assad on a rebel stronghold within the capital Damascus. Assad had denied any involvement, however President Obama claims to have intelligence proving otherwise. No proof has been given to the public other than reports from key United States senators and representatives. As of 4 September 2013, the Committee on Foreign Relations approved an attack with a 10–7 vote.

President Trump on April 6, 2017, ordered the first U.S. airstrike on the Syrian air force since the country's civil war began in 2011. US Navy warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at Syria's Shayrat air base. The strikes were in reaction to what Washington says was a sarin poison gas attack by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that killed at least 70 people in the Idlib region of Syria. U.S. officials informed Russian forces ahead of the missile strikes, which Russian military were in Syria actively supporting and assisting al-Assad during Syria's civil war, and US air strikes avoided hitting Russian personnel. Trump, who authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles from Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea on an air base near Homs were in direct response to Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons in the town of Idlib on April 4, 2017. Following airstrikes were conducted on April 8, 2017, on the Syrian city that was the site of chemical weapons attack earlier.

On October 7, 2019, the President of the United States ordered the withdrawal of US military troops stationed on the Syrian-Turkey border. This withdrawal of military support was ordered by the President with disapproval of the Pentagon and the US Intelligence community. The US president ordered the withdrawal of military troops under the premise that Turkey would not invade the region being held by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF); however Turkey attacked the SDF within 24 hours of US military withdrawal from the region.[130]

 Uruguay 11 October 1946
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 October 1946[131]
  • Syria is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires.[132]
 Venezuela 17 June 1946[133] See Syria–Venezuela relations

Asia

Syria's relations with the Arab world were strained by its support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq War, which began in 1980. With the end of the war in August 1988, Syria began a slow process of reintegration with the other Arab states. In 1989, it joined with the rest of the Arab world in readmitting Egypt to the 19th Arab League Summit at Casablanca.

This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977–79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords. It coincided with the end of the 10-year Arab subsidy to Syria and other front-line Arab countries pledged at Baghdad in 1978. Syria re-established full diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1989. In the 1990–1991 Gulf War, Syria joined other Arab states in the US-led multinational coalition against Iraq. In 1998, Syria began a slow rapprochement with Iraq, driven primarily by economic needs. In this period, Syria continued to play an active pan-Arab role, which intensified as the Israel-Palestine peace process collapsed in September 2000 with the start of the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada) against Israel. Though it voted in favor of UNSCR 1441 in 2002, Syria was against coalition military action in Iraq in 2003. However, the Syrian government accepted UNSCR 1483 (after being absent for the actual vote), which lifted sanctions on Iraq and established a framework to assist the Iraqi people in determining their political future and rebuilding their economy.

After the Syrian revolution in 2011, much of the Middle East condemned Syria's handling of the civil uprising, with only a few countries in the Middle East supporting Syria, most notably Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Abkhazia 4 September 2018 See Abkhazia–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Sukhumi.
  • Abkhazia has an embassy in Damascus.
 Armenia 6 March 1992 See Armenia–Syria relations
 Azerbaijan 28 March 1992 See Azerbaijan-Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 March 1992[139]
  • Syria is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in Tehran, Iran.
 Bahrain
  • Syria has an embassy in Manama.
  • Bahrain reopened its embassy in Damascus in December 2018.[140]
  • On June 19, 2022, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received the credentials of Ambassador Waheed Mubarak Sayyar in an official ceremony attended by Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.[141]
 Cambodia 15 October 2010 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 October 2010[142]
 China 1 August 1956 See China–Syria relations
  • China recognized Syria's independence in 1946.
  • Diplomatic relations between both countries were established on 1 August 1956.
  • Syria has an embassy in Beijing.
  • China has an embassy in Damascus[143]
  • Both countries are close allies and strategic partners.

See Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Syria

 Georgia

Georgia announced it would cut off diplomatic relations with Syria in May 2018 after Syria recognised the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries.[144]

 India See India-Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Delhi.
  • India has an embassy in Damascus.
  • India and Syria have historical and cultural links dating back to silk route trade. The countries maintained relatively cordial relations during the Syrian Civil War.[145]
 Iran See Iran–Syria relations

Syria and Iran are strategic allies. Syria is often called Iran's "closest ally",[146] the Arab nationalism ideology of Syria's ruling Baath party notwithstanding. During the Iran–Iraq War, Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against its enemy Iraq and was isolated by Saudi Arabia and some of the Arab countries, with the exceptions of Libya, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan and Oman.[147] Iran and Syria have had a strategic alliance ever since, partially due to their common animosity towards Saddam Hussein and coordination against the United States and Israel. Syria and Iran cooperate on arms smuggling from Iran to the Hezbollah in Lebanon, which borders Israel.[148]

On 16 June 2006 the defence ministers of Iran and Syria signed an agreement for military cooperation against what they called the "common threats" presented by Israel and the United States. Details of the agreement were not specified, however Iranian defense minister Najjar said "Iran considers Syria's security its own security, and we consider our defense capabilities to be those of Syria." The visit also resulted in the sale of Iranian military hardware to Syria.[149] In addition to receiving military hardware, Iran has consistently invested billions of dollars into the Syrian economy.[150] The Syrian leadership, including President Assad himself, belongs predominantly to the Alawite branch of Shi'a Islam. Currently, Iran is involved in implementing several industrial projects in Syria, including cement factories, car assembly lines, power plants, and silo construction. Iran also plans to set up a joint Iranian–Syrian bank in the future.[citation needed]

 Iraq See Iraq–Syria relations

The political states of Iraq and Syria were formed by the United Kingdom and France following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. Iraq and Syria are united by historical, social, political, cultural and economic relations, but share a long foreign drawn border. The land known as Mesopotamia is Iraq and eastern Syria and is called such by its inhabitants. Political relations between Iraq and Syria have in the past seen difficulties, however, new diplomatic relations described by both sides as "Historic" were established in November 2006, beginning an era of close cooperation and political friendship between Iraq and Syria.[151]

Both countries have closely cooperated with each other against ISIL, with Iraq being a part of the Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition which was formed as a consequence of an agreement reached at the end of September 2015 between Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria to "help and cooperate in collecting information about the terrorist Daesh group (ISIL) to combat the advances of the group, according to the statement issued by the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.[152][153][154]

During the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iraq was also one of the few remaining Arab countries which support the Syrian government, and has abstained from voting to expel Syria from the Arab league.[155]

 Israel See Israel–Syria relations

Syria has been an active belligerent, with periodic ceasefires and use of proxies, against Israel ever since May 1948, when the Syrian army captured territory from the newly established State of Israel north and south of the Sea of Galilee. Most of this territory was returned to Israel after the signing of the July 1949 Armistice Agreement and declared Demilitarized Zones. However, the exact location of the border between the two states, ownership of portions of territory and the right of Israeli farmers to farm the land in the Demilitarized Zones on the Israeli side of the border remained in dispute and sparked intermittent fighting between Syria and Israel until the 1967 Arab–Israeli War. Through the early 1950s the Syrians gradually retook de facto control of some of the territory ostensibly belonging to Israel (along the foot of part of the western escarpment of the Golan Heights north of the Sea of Galilee, along the north-eastern coast of the Sea of Galilee and the low ground below the southern escarpment of the Golan). In addition to the territorial dispute, small-scale fighting was also sparked by a dispute over Israel's right to pump water from the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee (actually a fresh-water lake) for use in agricultural irrigation and drinking. From 1964 to 1966 the Syrians attempted to dig a canal that would divert the sources of the Jordan River before they entered Israeli territory—thus drying up that portion of the River and dramatically reducing the water-intake of the Sea of Galilee to prevent Israel from using that water. This led to a period of escalated fighting as the Israelis sought to prevent this diversion project which threatened to severely damage their ability to provide fresh-water to their population and agriculture (attempts to negotiate a solution by UN mediators failed). In fact, escalation of incidents between Israel and Syria in late 1966 and spring 1967 was one of the prime causes leading to the crisis that precipitated the Six Day War.

Syria was an active belligerent in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights and the city of Quneitra. On 19 June, a week after the war ended, Israel offered to return the Golan if Syrian would agree to a full Peace Treaty. However, Syria refused. From 1967 to 1973 there were sporadic bouts of fighting along the new border.

Following the October 1973 Arab–Israeli War, which left Israel in occupation of additional Syrian territory, Syria accepted UN Security Council Resolution 338, which signaled an implicit acceptance of Resolution 242. Resolution 242, which became the basis for the peace process negotiations begun in Madrid, calls for a just and lasting Middle East peace to include withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories (note: not all territories) occupied in 1967; termination of the state of belligerency; and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of all regional states and of their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries.

As a result of the mediation efforts of then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Syria and Israel concluded a disengagement agreement in May 1974, enabling Syria to recover territory lost in the October war and part of the Golan Heights occupied by Israel since 1967, including Quneitra. The two sides have effectively implemented the agreement, which is monitored by UN forces.

In December 1981, the Israeli Knesset voted to extend Israeli law to the part of the Golan Heights over which Israel retained control. The UN Security Council subsequently passed a resolution calling on Israel to rescind this measure. Syria participated in the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid in October 1991. Negotiations were conducted intermittently through the 1990s, and came very close to succeeding. However, the parties were unable to come to an agreement due to President Bill Clinton's failure to consult with the Syrian President, Hafez al-Assad during the negotiating process, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's backtracking on the issue of the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee and Syria's nonnegotiable demand that Israel withdraw to the positions it held on 4 June 1967 (which meant Israel would relinquish its claim to territory occupied by the Syrians in the early 1950s in contravention to the 1949 Armistice Agreement—including the north-eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee). A major stumbling-block was that in response to Israel's demand that the entire Golan from the Jordan River to the outskirts of Damascus be demilitarized the Syrians demanded that Israel demilitarize all its territory to a similar distance from the new border. This was not acceptable to Israel as it would have effectively left all of northern Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea (more than a quarter of Israel), including the entire length of Israel's border with Lebanon, completely defenceless. The peace negotiations collapsed following the outbreak of the second Palestinian (Intifada) uprising in September 2000, though Syria continues to call for a comprehensive settlement based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, and the land-for-peace formula adopted at the 1991 Madrid conference.

Tensions between Israel and Syria increased as the Intifada dragged on, primarily as a result of Syria's refusal to stop giving sanctuary to Palestinian militant groups conducting operations against Israel. In October 2003, following a suicide bombing carried out by a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Haifa that killed 20 Israeli citizens, Israel Defense Forces attacked a suspected Palestinian militant training camp 15 kilometers north of Damascus. This was the first such Israeli attack deep inside Syrian territory since the 1973 war. Syria announced it would respond diplomatically, and asked the UN Security Council to condemn the Israeli action.

In 2004 and 2005 Israel and Syria engaged in private talks discussing an outline peace accord. These were successful at a technical level, but failed to gain adequate political support.[156]

Hostility between Syria and Israel further increased following Israel's execution of Operation Orchard on 6 September 2007. Israel bombed a northern Syrian complex near Dayr az-Zawr which was suspected of holding nuclear materials from North Korea.[157]

In 2008 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad confirmed that talks with Israel have resumed through a third party.[158]

The expatriates minister, Buthaina Shaaban has also confirmed that Israel is ready to give up the Golan Heights.[159] In October 2019, Israel was one of the countries that condemned the Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, but also because of deterioration of Israel–Turkey relations.

 Japan 1921

Japan introduced sanctions against the Syrian government in September 2011.[160] It temporarily closed its Damascus embassy in March 2011.[161]

 Jordan 1921 See Jordan–Syria relations

Jordanian interest in Syria began in 1921, when the founder of the Emirate of Transjordan, Abdallah, sought to advance into Syria, from which his brother had been expelled by the French, and which he regarded as part of the promised Hashemite kingdom. Even as late as 1946, when both countries gained independence, King Abdallah did not abandon his plan to become king of Syria. Syria considered Abdallah's schemes for an expanded Hashimite kingdom as intervention in its domestic affairs and officially complained to the Arab League.

After the first Gulf War relations between Jordan and Syria had improved. After the Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in which Jordan established diplomatic ties with Israel, Jordan has been an important transit point for Syrian businessmen doing business in the Palestinian territories.

Relations between the two countries improved after the death of Jordan's King Hussein Ibn Talal and accession of King Abdullah in February 1999 and the death of Hafez al-Assad and accession of his son Bashar in 2000. The Jordanian King visited Syria to congratulate Bashar that year.[162]

During the Syrian Civil War, Jordan has worked closely with the US, supporting the moderate Southern Front rebels until 2017, but also co-ordinating closely with Russia.[163][164][165][166]

On 26 May 2014, Jordan expelled Syrian ambassador Bahjat Suleiman who, according to Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sabah al-Rafie, was declared persona non grata because of "continued offensive statements, through his personal contacts or writing in the media and the social media, against the kingdom."[167]

 Kuwait 24 October 1963
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1963[168]
  • Syria has an embassy in Kuwait City.
  • Kuwait has an embassy in Damascus.
  • Kuwait–Syria relations became somewhat strained due to the Syrian Civil War after Kuwait closed its embassies along with the rest of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.
  • Bilaterial relations have since come to focus on humanitarian efforts for Syria instead. For example, Kuwait has hosted three international pledging conferences in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 raising 1.5bn,[169] 2.4bn,[170] 3.8bn,[171][172] and 10bn[172] respectively.
  • Relations between the two countries have since 2019 normalized.
  • Both countries are members of Arab League.
 Laos 22 December 2004 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 December 2004[173]
 Lebanon 15 October 2008[174] See Lebanon-Syria relations

Syria plays an important role in Lebanon by virtue of its history, size, power, and economy. Lebanon was part of Ottoman Syria until 1926. The presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon dates to 1976, when President Hafez Al-Assad intervened in the Lebanese civil war on behalf of Maronite Christians. Following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Syrian and Israeli forces clashed in eastern Lebanon. The late U.S. Ambassador Philip Habib negotiated a cease-fire in Lebanon and the subsequent evacuation of PLO fighters from West Beirut. However, Syrian opposition blocked implementation of the 17 May 1983 Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Following the February 1984 withdrawal of the UN Multinational Force from Beirut and the departure of most of Israel's forces from southern Lebanon a year later, Syria launched an unsuccessful initiative to reconcile warring Lebanese factions and establish a permanent cease-fire. Syria actively participated in the March–September 1989 fighting between the Christian Lebanese Forces and Muslim forces allied with Syria. In 1989, Syria endorsed the Charter of National Reconciliation, or "Taif Accord", a comprehensive plan for ending the Lebanese conflict negotiated under the auspices of Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Morocco.

At the request of Lebanese President Hrawi, the Syrian military took joint action with the Lebanese Armed Forces on 13 October 1990, to oust rebel Gen. Michel Aoun who had defied efforts at reconciliation with the legitimate Government of Lebanon. The process of disarming and disbanding the many Lebanese militias began in earnest in early 1991. In May 1991, Lebanon and Syria signed the treaty of brotherhood, cooperation, and coordination called for in the Taif Accord, which is intended to provide the basis for many aspects of Syrian-Lebanese relations. The treaty provides the most explicit recognition to date by the Syrian Government of Lebanon's independence and sovereignty.

According to the U.S. interpretation of the Taif Accord, Syria and Lebanon were to have decided on the redeployment of Syrian forces from Beirut and other coastal areas of Lebanon by September 1992. Israeli occupation of Lebanon until May 2000, the breakdown of peace negotiations between Syria and Israel that same year, and intensifying Arab/Israeli tensions since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000 have helped delay full implementation of the Taif Accords. The UN declared that Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon fulfilled the requirements of UN Security Council Resolution 425. However, Syria and Lebanon claimed that UNSCR 425 had not been fully implemented because Israel did not withdraw from an area of the Golan Heights called Shebaa Farms, which had been occupied by Israel in 1967, and which Syria now claimed was part of Lebanon. The United Nations does not recognize this claim. However, Lebanese resistance groups such as Hezbollah use it to justify attacks against Israeli forces in that region, creating a potentially dangerous flashpoint along the Lebanon-Israeli border.

In 2005, Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon after the assassination of Lebanese Sunni Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005. In December 2008, The Syrian Embassy was opened in Beirut for the first time in history since both countries gained their Independence during the 1940s. In March 2009, Lebanon followed and opened its embassy in Damascus. On 19 December 2009, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri visited Syria, and stayed in Damascus for three days meeting with President Bashar Al-Assad & breaking the ice between the two sides.[175]

 Mongolia 31 July 1967 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 July 1967[176]
 Malaysia 1958 See Malaysia–Syria relations
   Nepal 26 February 1970 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 February 1970[179]
 North Korea

See North Korea–Syria relations

  • Syria has an embassy in Pyongyang.[180]
  • North Korea has an embassy in Damascus.[181]
  • North Korea is one of Syria's closest allies.[181]
  • In September 2015, the Syrian government paid tribute to Kim Il Sung in a ceremony for a new park in Damascus named in his honor.[182]
 Oman See Oman–Syria relations
 Pakistan See Pakistan–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Islamabad.
  • Pakistan has an embassy in Damascus.
  • Both countries were on the silk route through which civilizational exchanges took place for centuries, Islamic missionaries that introduced Islam after 711 AD were from Syria. During the Yom Kippur War of 1973 (usually referred to as the Ramadan war in Pakistan) several Pakistani pilots assisted the Syrian air force.[183] In 2005 Syria and Pakistan agreed on mutual cooperation in the fields of science and technology. Pakistan also supports the Syrian Government since the beginning of Syrian Civil War.[184]
 Qatar

Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad sided with Saudi Arabia against Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa when he deposed his father. Later on, Bashar Al-Assad visited Doha in 2003, which initiated a new chapter of economic, trading and investment relations. In 2007–8, several Qatari-funded banks were established in Syria.[185]

During the Syrian Civil War, Qatar, along with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and western states, vocally and materially supported different rebels with arms and funds against the government. Qatar has been the biggest sponsor of Syrian opposition forces during the civil war.[186][187]

In January 2019, Qatar said it would not normalise relations with Syria, which it wanted to remain excluded from the Arab League.[188] However, in March 2019, an athletic agreement was signed between the two countries and some low-level diplomatic contact resumed and, in April 2019, Qatar Airways was granted a license to fly over Syrian airspace and a Syrian ban on Qatar's Al-Jazeera station was lifted.[189] In 2021, Qatar worked with Russia and Turkey to create a political solution to the conflict.[190]

 Saudi Arabia 1941[191] See Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Riyadh.[192]
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Damascus.
  • Following the Syrian civil war, the relations between the two countries have greatly deteriorated (until 2018).[193]
  • Between 2018 and 2023, both countries made a gradual reaprochement.[194]
  • Both countries are members of the Arab League.
 Singapore 28 May 2008 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 2008[195]
 South Korea
  • Syria has not established diplomatic relations with South Korea.[196]
 South Ossetia 22 July 2018
  • Syria has recognized South Ossetia and maintains diplomatic relations with Tskhinvali.[144]
 Turkey See Syria–Turkey relations

Syrian–Turkish relations have long been strained even though Turkey shares its longest common border with Syria and various other geographic, cultural, and historical links tie the two neighboring states together.

This friction has been due to disputes including the self annexation of the Hatay Province to Turkey in 1939, water disputes resulting from the Southeastern Anatolia Project, and Syria's support for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), but relations have improved greatly since October 1998; when PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan was expelled by Syrian authorities.

Syria currently maintains an embassy in Ankara and two consulates–general in Istanbul and Gaziantep.[citation needed]

Both countries have been full members of the Union for the Mediterranean and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), although Syria's membership in the former was suspended in 2011[197][198][199] as well as from the latter in 2012.[200]

Because of the Syrian civil war relations between Syria and Turkey have become increasingly tense. Turkey closed its embassy in Damascus on March 26, 2012,[201] as well as its consulate–general in Aleppo.[citation needed] In April 2012 it hosted the second meeting of the Friends of Syria, the Arab-Western coalition in support of the Syrian opposition.[201]

Turkey has been taking in refugees from Syria, although abuse and injustice towards the Syrian refugees has been reported. Relations have further been degraded due to a serious incident that occurred with the Syrian downing of a Turkish military training flight in June 2012. Relations worsened further in May 2013 following a border incident involving two car bombs exploding in the town of Reyhanlı, Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 43 people were killed and 140 more were injured in the attack. The car bombs were left outside Reyhanlı's town hall and post office. The first exploded at around 13:45 local time (10:45 GMT)[40] and the second exploded about 15 minutes later.

The issue that cemented the crack in the relations was Turkey's reported dealings with the Islamic State (an enemy of the Syrian government) in oil and weapons by various sources. A video surfacing of the Islamic State being unopposed by Turkish security as they traveled across the border between Syria, questions more of Turkey's alleged role of simply fighting terrorism.[citation needed]

Turkish Military troops attacked the Kurdish backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on October 8, 2019, after the acting US President [Trump] recalled US military troops from Syria the previous day. The US action to move troops out of the region was done so solely by the US president with stern disapproval by US military intelligence departments.

 Turkmenistan 26 March 1992 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 March 1992[202]
 United Arab Emirates 19 January 1972 See Syria–UAE relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 January 1972[203]
  • Syria has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai.
  • UAE has an embassy in Damascus.
  • Both countries are members of the Arab League.
  • In 2016, the Emirates was planning to normalize its relations with Syria, but was barred by the US.[204]
  • UAE re-opened its Damascus embassy in December 2018.[188]
  • In November 2021, the UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan travelled to Damascus to meet Bashar al-Assad. He was the first Emirati official to visit Syria, since the war. The US strongly opposed efforts to normalize ties with Syria.
  • On 18 March 2022, Assad travelled to the UAE to meet Emirati leaders, including Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It was Assad's first visit to an Arab nation since 2011.[205] On 19 March 2023, Assad visited the UAE again, with his wife Asma al Assad.[206]
 Uzbekistan 24 March 1992 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 March 1992[207]
 Vietnam 21 July 1966 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 1966[208]
 Yemen 23 May 1965 See Syria–Yemen relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 1965[209]

Europe

Main article: Syria–European Union relations

Greece and Cyprus re-established diplomatic relations with Syria and opened their embassies in 2021, making them the first EU countries to do so.[210]

According to the Syrian state news agency, in November 2021, during a visit to the Syrian pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, the ministerial delegation of Slovenia confirmed unofficially its interest in re-establishing relations with Syria.[211]

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
 Austria 1965
  • Syria has an embassy in Vienna.[212]
  • Austria has an embassy temporarily relocated to Beirut.[213]
 Belarus 26 August 1993
  • The diplomatic relations between Belarus and Syria started on 26 August 1993[214]
  • Syria has an embassy in Minsk.
  • Belarus has an embassy in Damascus.
 Belgium
  • Syria has an embassy in Brussels.[215]
  • Embassy of Belgium was closed on 29 March 2012.[216]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 December 1994
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 December 1994.[217]
  • Syria is accredited to Bosnia from its embassy in Belgrade.
 Bulgaria 24 August 1954 See Bulgaria–Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 August 1954.[218]
  • Since May 1955, Bulgaria has embassy in Damascus and an honorary consulate in Aleppo.[219]
  • Syria has an embassy in Sofia.[220]
 Croatia 29 August 1997 See Croatia–Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 August 1997[221]
  • Croatia is represented in Syria through its embassy in Cairo in Egypt and an honorary consulate in Damascus.
  • Syria is represented in Croatia through its embassy in Budapest and its honorary consulate in Zagreb.
  • Diplomatic relations were terminated in 2012.[222]
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic 1 January 1993
 Denmark 29 August 1992 See Denmark–Syria relations
  • Denmark was represented in Syria through its embassy in Damascus until 2012, when relations between the two countries were severed.[224]
  • Following the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and subsequent attack on the Danish embassy in 2006, relations between the two countries were greatly strained.
 Finland 22 May 1953
 France 18 June 1946 See France–Syria relations
  • France had an embassy in Damascus which closed 2 March 2012 and a consulate general in Aleppo which also closed 2 March 2012.[226]
  • Syria has an embassy in Paris.
  • France was the first Western country to give recognition to the SOC on 13 November 2012.[227]
 Germany 1952 See Germany–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Berlin.
  • The German embassy in Damascus closed on 19 January 2012.
  • Diplomatic affairs are currently handled through the embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.[228]
  • Germany hosts the most Syrian refugees in the EU.
  • Relations were severed in 1965 after establishing relations with Israel.
 Greece See Greece–Syria relations
  • Greece has an embassy in Damascus.
  • Syria has an embassy in Athens.[229]
  • On May 8, 2020, the Greek Foreign Ministry Nikos Dendias announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria and assigned former ambassador to Syria and Russia, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy of Greece's Foreign Ministry for Syria.
  • Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Syria
 Hungary 13 October 1954[230] See Hungary–Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 October 1954.[231]
  • Syria has an embassy in Budapest.
  • Hungary has an honorary consulates in Aleppo and Latakia.
  • Hungary sent a diplomat to procure consular affairs in 2020.[232]
 Iceland 6 May 2004
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 May 2004[233]
 Ireland 18 July 1975
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1975[52]
  • Ireland is represented in Syria through its embassy in Cairo (Egypt) and an honorary consulate in Damascus.[234]
  • Syria was represented in Ireland through its embassy in London (UK).[citation needed]
 Italy See Italy–Syria relations
  • Italy closed its embassy in Syria in March 2012.[235][236]
  • In 2019, Italy announced it was considering re-opening its embassy.[237]
 Moldova 20 May 1993
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 May 1993.
  • Syria is accredited to Moldova from its embassy in Bucharest.
 Montenegro 30 October 2008
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 October 2008[238]
 Netherlands
  • The Netherlands closed its embassy in Syria in March 2012.[235]
 Norway 11 August 1948
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 August 1948[239]
  • Syria is accredited to Norway from its embassy in Stockholm.
 North Macedonia 23 September 2010
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 September 2010.[240]
 Poland
  • Syria has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland had an embassy in Damascus which closed in July 2012 due to security reasons.[241]
 Portugal 19 February 1975
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 February 1975.[242]
  • Syria is accredited to Portugal from its embassy in Madrid.
  • Portugal is accredited to Syria from its embassy in Nicosia.
 Romania 9 August 1955 See Romania–Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 August 1955[243]
 Russia July 1944 See Russia–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Moscow.
  • Russia has an embassy in Damascus and a consulate in Aleppo.
  • As with most of the Arab countries, Russia enjoys a historically strong and stable friendly relationship with Syria.
  • Since 1971, Russia has leased port facilities in Tartus for its naval fleet. Between 1992 and 2008 these facilities were much in disrepair, however, works have commenced concurrent with the 2008 South Ossetia war to improve the port's facilities to support an increased Mediterranean presence of the Russian Navy.
  • Russia is believed to have sent Syria dozens of Iskander missiles.[246]
  • Russia has been strongly supporting Syria in the Syrian civil war, especially since the start of an air campaign in 2015.
 Serbia 1946[247] See Serbia–Syria relations
  • Syria has an embassy in Belgrade.[248]
  • Serbia has an embassy in Damascus.[249]
  • Also, Syria is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and Serbia is an observer state.
  • Serbia, as one of the few European states, is one of the close allies of the Syrian government.
 Slovakia 1 January 1993
  • Syria is accredited to Slovakia from its embassy in Vienna.
  • Slovakia had an embassy in Syria until 2012, when it transferred it to Beirut for security reasons.[250]
  • In 2015, it was definitively moved to Beirut.[251]
 Slovenia 25 August 1997
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 August 1997.[252]
 Spain 3 April 1948 See Spain–Syria relations
  • Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1948[253]
  • Spain had an embassy in Damascus but it was relocated to Beirut, Lebanon in May 2012.
  • Syria has an embassy in Madrid.
 Sweden
  • Sweden has an embassy in Damascus and honorary consulate in Aleppo.[254]
  • Syria is represented in Sweden through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.[255]
  Switzerland 1945
  • Switzerland closed its embassy in Damascus in 2012 for security reasons.[256]
  • Switzerland has a humanitarian presence in Damascus since 2017, through an office that coordinates Swiss humanitarian activities in Syria. Although the embassy in Damascus is closed, diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Syria have not been broken off.[256]
  • Syria has an embassy in Geneva.[257]
 Ukraine March 31, 1992
Relations severed on June 30, 2022
  • Syria recognised independent Ukraine on December 28, 1991.
  • Relations were positive until 2011, but have been on pause since then.[258]
  • After 11 years of frozen relations, Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Syria on June 30, 2022 when the Syrian government recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.[259]
 United Kingdom See Syria–United Kingdom relations
  • In 2001, positive relations were developed between Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Syrian government, as part of the War on Terror.[260]
  • Since the 2011 civil war, relations have deteriorated, and the UK was one of the first countries to recognise the opposition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.[261]
  • The Embassy of Syria in London was closed in 2012.[262]
  • The British Embassy was closed in 2012.[263]

Membership in international organizations

Syria is a member of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa,[264] Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development,[265] Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, Arab League, Arab Monetary Fund, Arab Parliament, Arab States Broadcasting Union, ALBA (observer), Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization, Asian Parliamentary Assembly,[266] Association of Arab Universities, Bureau International des Expositions, Council of Arab Economic Unity, Customs Cooperation Council, Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, European Broadcasting Union (associate member),[267] FEAS, Food and Agriculture Organization, Group of 24, Group of 77, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, International Civil Aviation Organization,[268] International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions, International Chamber of Commerce, International Development Association,[269] Islamic Development Bank (suspended 2012),[200] International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Finance Corporation, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,[270] International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Standardization, IRENA (acceding), International Solar Alliance, International Telecommunication Union, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (suspended 2012),[200] Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (joined 2013, suspended 2021),[271] OTIF, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, UN, UN Commission on Human Rights, UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNESCO, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Union for the Mediterranean (suspended 2011),[198] Universal Postal Union, World Bank, World Court, World Customs Organization, World Federation of Trade Unions,[272] World Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Syria's two-year term as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council ended in December 2003.[273] Syria was elected to the executive of the World Health Organization in 2021.[274][275]

Arab League

Syria has been temporarily suspended from the Arab League since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.[276] On 26 March 2013, at the Arab league summit in Doha, the League recognised the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people. The National Coalition was henceforth granted Damascus' seat at the summit.

This act of recognition was opposed by Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon.[277] On 9 March 2014, secretary general Nabil al-Arabi said that Syria's seat would remain vacant until the opposition completes the formation of its institutions.[278] In late 2018, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco began lobbying for Syria's return to the League.[188]

In December 2018, after American president Donald Trump announced the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, some countries initiated reopening of their diplomatic relations with Syria. Diplomatic relations have returned with Iraq, Saudi Arabia (in 2023), Egypt (after 3 July 2013), Tunisia, UAE (after 2018), Jordan (after 2021),[279] Lebanon (after 2021),[280][281][282] Algeria,[283][284] Mauritania (after 2018),[83] Bahrain (after 2018),[140] Kuwait (after 2018),[285] Libya,[286] Oman,[287][288][289][290] Comoros, Sudan (after 2018),[291] Yemen,[292] Somalia[38] and Palestine.[293]

Following the visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Arab League initiated the process of readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the organization,[294] while the United Arab Emirates reopened their embassy in Syria on 27 December,[295] and Bahrain[296] announced its intentions to reopen their embassies.

After the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, the Saudis, Emirati, Algerians, Iraqis and Jordanians contributed significantly to the relief effort. A week before, Al-Assad travelled to Oman for his first foreign visit since the quake.[29]

On 26 February 2023, President Bashar al-Assad had met with Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati speakers of legislative bodies, as well as representatives from Oman and Lebanon on behalf of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, to discuss further cooperation between the Arab states and Syria.[297]

In early April 2023, Saudi Arabia had invited Syria's Assad to the Arab League summit, ending regional isolation. On 13 April 2023, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Jeddah to meet Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan.[298] After frayed relations during the Syrian civil war, both nations now seek "a political solution to the Syrian crisis that preserves the unity, security and stability of Syria,” according to the Saudi foreign ministry.[299][299]

On 15 April 2023, foreign ministers of GCC+3 format met in Jeddah and discussed the return of Syria to the regional organisation and so called Arab peace plan.[300]

On 18 April 2023, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan travelled to Damascus, met with Syrian President Assad and discussed further steps. The summit is scheduled for May 19, 2023.[301]

On 7 May 2023, at the meeting of the Council of the Arab League in Cairo composed of foreign ministers, was agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership in the Arab League.[302]

Earlier, Kuwait and Qatar had opposed al-Assad’s presence at the Arab League summit. The regional normalisation effort had caught the U.S. and its European allies by surprise, as they were opposing an “Arab-led political path” in solving the crisis. According to the statement, al-Assad would be allowed to the meeting on 19 May 2023, if "he wishes to do so". The new political process in Syria was described as the “Jordanian Initiative”.[303]

Nevertheless, Syria remains under western sanctions after millions of Syrians had been displaced or sought refuge in Arab and European countries during the war. The changes to the relations between Syria and other Arab States would allow many of them to return to their homeland, according to the announcements made earlier by Jordanian and Saudi officials.[304]

International disputes

See also

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Further reading

  • "Syria". U.S. Department of State. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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