Foreign nations intensifying contact efforts with Syria's new de facto government
The US, UK, France, Türkiye and Qatar are among nations that have been in contact and undertaken diplomacy with Syria's new rebel-led government
A meeting of foreign ministers from at least 10 countries and EU and UN officials called for hostilities in Syria, to be ceased to facilitate a locally led transitional political process
Foreign countries have stepped up efforts to establish contacts with Syria's interim rulers, a week after Islamist-led rebels sent president Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Moscow, ending decades of brutal rule
United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen was among those arriving in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday
Pedersen said,
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"We need to see of course justice and accountability for crimes"
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"And we need to make sure that that goes through a credible justice system and that we don't see any revenge"
Pedersen called for "increased, immediate" aid to war-ravaged Syria, saying it had been through "an enormous … humanitarian crisis"
Pedersen and al-Sharaa meeting
Pedersen later met Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa who previously went by the pseudonym Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the rebels' Telegram channel said
