The US's top diplomat is in Jordan for talks with representatives from several Arab countries, Turkey, and Europe to discuss the future of Syria following the ousting of the former president, Bashar al-Assad. Also on the programme, the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has vowed to fight for his political future, after parliament voted to impeach him over his failed attempt to impose martial law; and, the director of "Goodbye Lenin", Wolfgang Becker has died. (Photo: Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Pool via REUTERS)
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Well, many in the crowds of people in Syria celebrating the fall of the Assad regime might have made pleas to the international community to leave their country country alone to work out its own future.
The diplomatic international effort to influence the direction of Syria is now well underway.
Nonetheless, in Jordan today, foreign ministers from eight Arab countries said they were supporting a peaceful transition process for Syria.
They said Syria's state institutions must be preserved to stop the country slipping into chaos.
At a news conference in the city of Aqaba, the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi pledged support to the Syrian people.
We all agree that we stand by Syria, we stand by the brotherly Syrian people.
We will support them with all that.
We have to launch a comprehensive and inclusive political process that fulfills the rights of all Syrians and ensures a better future for all Syrians.
At the same time as Arab foreign ministers were meeting, Jordan's also been hosting top officials from from the U.S.
turkey and the UN for talks on Syria's future.
The U.S.