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World > Americas & EMEA
G7 to decide on backing Syria's acting prime minister
By Agence France-Presse
Dec 13, 2024 12:09 am

(UPDATE) LONDON — Leaders of Western governments are 'quietly optimistic' about the sudden transition in Syria, but the militant past of its new Islamist leaders has left foreign capitals looking for a strategy and remain worried about the future, analysts said.

The G7 countries will decide whether to support the transitional government of Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, at a virtual meeting on Friday.

WORK TO DO Syria's transitional Prime Minister Mohammad al-Bashir chairing a meeting of the new Cabinet in Damascus, on Dec. 10, 2024. AFP Photo

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