International
European foreign ministers are set to convene in Brussels on 27 January to deliberate on easing sanctions against Syria, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced on Sunday, 12 January, during a high-level diplomatic meeting in Riyadh. The talks come amid shifting power dynamics in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad last month by insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The insurgent coalition, long designated as a terrorist organization by Western governments,…
