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Turkish Foreign Minister to Visit Lebanon on Tuesday

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a joint press conference with the Egyptian foreign minister in Cairo on October 14, 2023. (AFP)
Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a joint press conference with the Egyptian foreign minister in Cairo on October 14, 2023. (AFP)
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Turkish Foreign Minister to Visit Lebanon on Tuesday

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a joint press conference with the Egyptian foreign minister in Cairo on October 14, 2023. (AFP)
Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a joint press conference with the Egyptian foreign minister in Cairo on October 14, 2023. (AFP)

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will make an official visit to Lebanon on Tuesday to discuss regional, global and bilateral issues, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Fidan will visit Lebanon at the invitation of his Lebanese counterpart, the ministry said.

The visit comes as Israel gears up for a ground offensive into Gaza in response to an attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7.

Earlier on Monday, Fidan discussed Israeli attacks on Gaza and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in a call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, according to Reuters.

The source provided no further information.

Türkiye has said it was ready to mediate the conflict and that it was in contact with Hamas on the release of civilians being held hostage by the group.

It has also sent humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is currently held in Egypt while borders are closed.

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Lebanon Hopes for Neighborly Relations in First Message to New Syria Government

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeting with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (AFP)
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeting with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (AFP)
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Lebanon Hopes for Neighborly Relations in First Message to New Syria Government

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeting with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (AFP)
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeting with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanon said on Thursday it was looking forward to having the best neighborly relations with Syria, in its first official message to the new administration in Damascus.

Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib passed the message to his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, in a phone call, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said on X.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah played a major part propping up Syria's ousted President Bashar al-Assad through years of war, before bringing its fighters back to Lebanon over the last year to fight in a bruising war with Israel - a redeployment which weakened Syrian government lines.

Under Assad, Hezbollah used Syria to bring in weapons and other military equipment from Iran, through Iraq and Syria and into Lebanon. But on Dec. 6, anti-Assad fighters seized the border with Iraq and cut off that route, and two days later, opposition factions captured the capital Damascus.

Syria's new de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is seeking to establish relations with Arab and Western leaders after toppling Assad.