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Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied poses with new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed Mhadbi, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar in Tunis, Tunisia April 27, 2023. Tunisian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement.

Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 that developed into civil war in which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and millions sent fleeing.

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