United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Syria on Saturday on the first visit by a chief of the global body since before the country’s civil war erupted, state media reported.
During the three-day visit, Guterres is set to reaffirm support for Syria’s transition, more than a year and a half after the new authorities led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad after more than 13 years of war.
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Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani received Guterres “and his accompanying delegation at Damascus international airport,” state news agency SANA reported.
He is the first UN chief to visit Syria since Ban Ki-moon in 2009, two years before the start of Syria’s civil war which went on to kill more than half a million people before Assad’s overthrow in December 2024.
