The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Sunday that the government of ex-jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa had finalized an agreement with the government of Ukraine for the latter’s experts to help demining efforts in the aftermath of the over-decade-long civil war.
\n\nThe agreement is part of an ongoing process of normalizing and deepening relations between Damascus and Kyiv. During the rule of the Assad dynasty, which lasted over half a century, Syria maintained friendly relations with Russia which deepened after the eruption of civil war in 2011. Former dictator Bashar Assad’s closeness to Moscow resulted in the Ukrainian government cutting ties with Syria in 2022 — in response to Assad’s support for Russia’s invasion of that country.
\n\nSharaa and his jihadist militia, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), overthrew Assad to end the civil war in December 2024. Sharaa has since rebranded himself as a finance-forward technocrat prioritizing foreign investment in his country and friendly relations with countries such as the United States. Sharaa met the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, in person for the first time a year ago during the United Nations General Assembly, agreeing to normalize relations and find avenues of cooperation. He has since, diplomatically, been…
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