Syrian Foreign Minister makes first visit to Morocco since Assad’s fall

Morocco and Syria have taken a major step toward restoring relations, as Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Chaibani visited Rabat for talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The visit marks the first by a senior Syrian official to Morocco since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

Speaking during a joint press conference in Rabat, Bourita described the meeting as the beginning of “a new phase” in bilateral…