- After **thirteen years**, France and Germany aim to restore relations with **Syria** and its new leaders.
- The French and German foreign ministers met with Syria's de facto leader **Ahmad al-Sharaa** on January 3.
- Prior to this, diplomatic ties were cut due to the **violent crackdown** on protests in 2011.
- Minister **Jean-Noël Barrot** described talks with leaders from the **Hayat Tahrir al-Sham** as "very constructive."
- Both nations indicate a willingness for **"a new political beginning"** despite past rejection of normalization with Assad's regime.
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