Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, raised the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic over the Syrian embassy building in Washington on September 19th, 2025, at approximately 9:30 PM UTC. This event marks a significant diplomatic milestone for Syria in the American capital. The flag-raising ceremony occurred during the reporting window of 9/19/2025, 8:37:39 PM to 9/19/2025, 9:36:23 PM UTC. The event was announced via a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on their official X account. This diplomatic development follows earlier reports this week concerning security cooperation between Syria and Iraq, and a U.S. Central Command raid that killed an ISIS planner in Syria. Previous reports also mentioned plans for a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed Al-Shara and U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
