Canada’s Syrian embassy to remain empty for ‘immediate term’ as more countries restart missions

Canada's foreign ministry says its newly appointed ambassador-designate to Lebanon will be a non-resident envoy to Syria.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand's department hasn't had a resident ambassador in Syria since 2012.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 30, 2025

Thirteen years after Ottawa shuttered its embassy in Damascus the lights remain off while a slew of other governments have reopened missions in Syria following the collapse of the al-Assad regime.

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