The Political Affairs Administration of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in Syria announced that eight countries have resumed their diplomatic missions, while also receiving promises from other countries intending to reopen their embassies in the country.

The Political Affairs Administration expressed gratitude through its official channels on Thursday, December 12, to Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, and Italy for resuming their diplomatic missions in Damascus.

It stated that it received direct promises from Qatar and Turkey to reopen their embassies in Syria.

The administration added that it hopes to build good relations with all countries that respect the will of the people, the sovereignty of the Syrian state, and the unity of its territory.

Most of the aforementioned countries had reappointed their missions in Syria between 2018 and 2024, except for Qatar and Turkey.

The Political Affairs Administration was once part of the opposition Salvation Government, but it has now become a source of communications directed abroad for the transitional government that recently moved to Damascus.

Previously, the advisor to the Prime Minister and the spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majid bin Mohammed al-Ansari, stated that the opening of the Qatari embassy in Syria is imminent.

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs published through its official account on X, yesterday, Wednesday, that Doha will soon reopen its embassy in Syria after completing the necessary arrangements.

Al-Ansari confirmed in a statement to the Qatari News Agency (QNA) that this move comes to strengthen the longstanding fraternal relations between the two countries and their brotherly peoples.

The change in international engagement with Syria, after many countries began to normalize relations with the Syrian regime, started following the announcement of the fall of the ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s regime, after he fled from Damascus toward Moscow as opposition factions advanced toward the capital.

Al-Assad fled the Syrian capital on the morning of Sunday, December 8, after opposition armed factions reached Damascus and the collapse of his armed forces.

The American site “Axios” reported at the time that a plane of the type “Ilyushin Il-76,” suspected of carrying al-Assad, left Damascus airport shortly before the opposition entered.