Sharaa, the leader of Syria's interim administration, held a meeting with members of the Christian clergy in the country's

Western nations have been cautious in their approach to Syria’s de facto leadership, HTS, but are beginning to debate whether to remove the group’s terrorist designation.

Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls for the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month.

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says that elections in the country could take four years, citing the need for a new constitution and political dialogue with the country's various factions.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is travelling to Syria for a one-day trip with her French counterpart on behalf of the EU, where she will meet with the leader of Syria's new rulers, Ahmed al-Sharaa,

The talks were al-Sharaa's first with Kurdish commanders since an opposition alliance spearheaded by al-Sharaa's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) group overthrew longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad in early December and come as the SDF is locked in fighting with Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria.

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is travelling to Syria for a one-day trip with her French counterpart on behalf of the EU, where she will meet Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria's new rulers,