(12 Jan 2025)
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 12 January 2025
1. Wide then zoom-in of family photo of top European and Middle Eastern diplomats
2. Various of group leaving
STORYLINE:
Top European and Middle Eastern diplomats gathered in Riyadh for a conference focused on Syria’s future on Sunday.
Speaking earlier in the day, Germany’s foreign minister said Sunday that sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month’s overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
The rebels led a lightning insurgency that ousted Assad on Dec. 8 and ended his family’s decades-long rule.
Much of the world severed ties with Assad and imposed sanctions on his government — and its Russian and Iranian allies — over alleged war crimes and the manufacturing of the amphetamine-like stimulant Captagon, which reportedly generated billions of dollars as packages of the little white pills were smuggled across Syria’s porous borders.
With Assad out of the picture, Syria’s new authorities hope that the international community will pour money into the country to rebuild its battered infrastructure and make its economy viable again.
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