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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (l) meets with the new Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (M), on the right her French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot.Credit: Jörg Blank/dpa Syria's new de facto ruler and leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) received an EU delegation led by German Foreign Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Friday. Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted the ministers in the former palace of toppled long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus. Al-Sharaa's HTS led a coalition of armed groups who drove al-Assad from power around four weeks ago. Al-Sharaa received Baerbock and Barrot at the entrance to the palace. The hard-line Islamist did not greet Baerbock with a handshake, a ge...

Refugee women sit in front of a UNHCR tent in the Gorom refugee settlement in South Sudan.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa The German partner of the UN's refugee body, the UNHCR, on Sunday put the number of refugees worldwide in 2024 at more than 122 million, up from 117.4 million last year. Bonn-based UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe described the figures as "shocking" and noted that the numbers referred to people hoping for protection, security and a future. "It is our joint task to offer these people protection and a future," the organization's head, Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer, said in a statement. Ruhenstroth-Bauer noted that Sudan was a major cause, with refugees fleeing the civil war that broke out in April 2023, displacing more than 11.8 million people. The situation in the Democratic R...

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German, French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s HTS

German partner to UNHCR puts global refugees at 122 million