Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani stands next to U.S. envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack as he raises the American flag at U.S. ambassador's residency in Damascus, Syria May 29, 2025.

After years of silence and frozen relations, diplomatic relations between the United States and Syria are being revived. This historic event took place in May 2025 - the US special representative for ...

DAMASCUS -The U.S. envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, raised the American flag over the ambassador's residence in Damascus on Thursday for the first time since the embassy closed in 2012, a year ...

In a significant diplomatic gesture, the United States flag was raised outside the ambassador's residence in Damascus, signaling evolving relations with Syria's new government. This move comes after ...

DAMASCUS: The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his first trip to Damascus on Thursday, praising the government and ...

[1/4]Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani stands next to U.S. envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack as he raises the American flag at U.S. ambassador's residency in Damascus, Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The US flag was hoisted Thursday outside of the long-shuttered American ambassador’s residence in Damascus, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani stands next to U.S. envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack as he raises the American flag at U.S. ambassador's residency in Damascus, Syria May 29, 2025.

US flag raised in Damascus, envoy says Syria-Israel peace is possible Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani stands next to US envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack as he raises the American ...

US flag raised in Damascus, envoy says Syria-Israel peace is possible World Published 05/29/2025, 06:07 AM Updated 05/29/2025, 01:13 PM ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his first trip to Damascus on Thursday, praising the ...

The symbolic raising was the first time the U.S. flag had flown above Damascus since Washington shut down its embassy in 2012 in response to violence that eventually killed over 650,000 people.