Qatar is ready to invest in Syria's energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said after meeting a senior Qatari official in Damascus on Monday, as his new Islamist-led administration widened contacts with Arab states.

Turkey’s foreign minister traveled to Damascus Sunday to meet with Syria’s new de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the Islamist group HTS that toppled the Assad regime. According to press accounts,

Ministers from Jordan and Qatar were among the first high-ranking Arab diplomats to meet with the leader of the rebel coalition that toppled the Syrian regime two weeks ago.

Jordanian and Qatari diplomats met with Syria's new de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday, the latest delegations to visit Damascus for talks about the country's political transition after the fall of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Jordan stands ready to help Syria rebuild, its foreign minister said after meeting Syria's new de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, the highest-level contact by an Arab state with Syria's new Islamist-led administration.

Jordan expressed support for "a government that represents all spectrums in Syria" as well as for "the drafting of a new constitution," Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said after a meeting in Damascus with Ahmed al-Sharaa,

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks Monday with senior Arab diplomats expressing support for the Syrian people and discussing future cooperation, in the latest high-profile visits since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted Monday several high-level dignitaries from neighboring countries, Jordan's top diplomat Ayman

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, Amman said, the latest high-profile visit since Bashar al-Assad's ouster.It was the first visit by a senior Jordanian official since Assad's fall.

By bnm Gulf bureau Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan conducted his first diplomatic visit to Damascus on December 22, the Syrian government's social media account reported. Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa,