Overview

• Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosted Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Schaibani in Moscow, marking the first senior-level meeting since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow and exile.
• Lavrov pledged Russian assistance for post-war reconstruction and invited Interim President Ahmed al-Scharaa to the Russia–Arab League summit on October 15.
• Both sides agreed to review and potentially revise agreements and contracts negotiated under the previous regime to ensure they serve Syrian needs.
• The status of Russia’s naval facility at Tartus and air base at Hmeimim remains unresolved as Damascus weighs their future under the new government.
• UNHCR reports that recent clashes between Druze and Sunni tribes in Suwaida province have breached a truce and deteriorated humanitarian conditions.