Syria Hails Diplomatic Breakthrough With Tripoli Embassy Reopening
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani celebrated the reopening of his country’s embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, marking the end of more than a decade of closure.
Shaibani was welcomed by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who leads the UN-recognized administration in Tripoli, and held talks with Taher Al-Baour, Libya’s acting foreign minister. “Today, this embassy returns to reaffirm the importance and value of the Syrian-Libyan relationship,” Shaibani said.
The embassy had been shut since 2012, though a delegation from Damascus symbolically reopened it last year without immediately resuming consular services. Relations between the two countries had been strained by Syria’s civil war and the instability that followed the fall of longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi. Syria’s current leadership took power in December 2024 after ousting former ruler Bashar Assad following nearly 14 years of conflict.
Shaibani said the embassy would now handle administrative matters for Syrians who sought refuge in Libya during the war years, a period when no diplomatic representation existed after Tripoli severed ties with the former Syrian government. According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, the Syrian community in Libya is estimated at around 200,000 people.
Shaibani added that the two countries also agreed to strengthen security cooperation to address illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and terrorist organizations.
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