Germany's foreign minister in Syria after Assad overthrow

Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is in Damascus, Syria on Friday for talks with the country's new rebel-formed government, Report informs via DW.

"My trip today — together with my French counterpart and on behalf of the EU — is a clear signal to the Syrians: A new political beginning between Europe and Syria, between Germany and Syria, is possible," Baerbock said, according to a ministry statement issued before she left for Damascus.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is also on the visit to Syria.

"The painful chapter of Assad's rule is over. A new chapter has begun, but not yet written. Because at this moment the Syrians have the chance to take the fate of their state into their own hands again," Baerbock said on X.