Syrian overseas minister and Libyan PM conform to cooperation committee and reopening of diplomatic missions closed for 14 years.
Revealed On 30 Aug 2026
Syria and Libya have agreed to reopen Syria’s embassy in Tripoli, which has been closed for 14 years, and reactivate a committee for coordinating bilateral ties throughout talks between Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of Libya’s internationally recognised authorities and Syrian International Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani.
Al-Shaibani arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to satisfy with Libyan officers, in line with an announcement from Libya’s Authorities of Nationwide Unity (GNU).
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Libya has been cut up since 2014 between the Tripoli-based Authorities of Nationwide Unity, led by Dbeibah, and an japanese administration, led by Osama Hammad and backed by renegade army commander Khalifa Haftar. Representatives of Libya’s rival governments signed a deal on Sunday to carry nationwide elections inside two years.
Cooperation settlement
Damascus and Tripoli signed an settlement to reactivate the Libyan-Syrian Joint Increased Committee, a committee on the prime ministerial stage tasked with coordinating political, financial and social ties between the 2 nations.
Dbeibah and al-Shaibani additionally agreed to open a Syrian consulate in Benghazi, elevating the extent of diplomatic illustration between the 2 states.
The talks coated safety cooperation and counterterrorism, in line with the GNU assertion. The 2 sides additionally mentioned consular companies and the standing of prisoners, detainees and refugees from each nations.
Economically, they addressed unresolved monetary dues between Libyan and Syrian establishments. The Syrian overseas minister additionally met with Libya’s oil and fuel minister and the nation’s funding authority chief to debate power and funding cooperation.
‘A brand new chapter’
The Syrian embassy in Libya has been closed since 2012 after Libya’s then-Transitional Nationwide Council recognised the Syrian opposition and diplomatic relations between the 2 nations have been severed throughout then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Syrian opposition forces ousted al-Assad in December 2024, ending 61 years of Baath Social gathering rule.
In August 2025, a Syrian delegation raised the post-Assad Syrian flag over the Tripoli embassy, signalling that its reopening was imminent.
Dbeibah referred to as Sunday’s assembly the beginning of “a brand new chapter” of their relations, saying it must be “based mostly on shared pursuits, sensible cooperation and addressing excellent points”.
