The French government announced that on December 17, 2024, it will send four diplomats to Syria, including the ambassador, nine days after Bashar al Assad was ousted by armed groups.

France’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, told Le Figaro that the main purpose of sending diplomats is to initiate cooperation with the new Syrian regime and to monitor the respect of the rights of the people living in this country.

He said, “It is to check whether the good words of this new administration, which called for calm and seemingly non-violence, are being respected.”

While many Western countries have welcomed the ouster of Assad, they have expressed concern about armed groups such as Tahrir al Sham due to their ties to al-Qaeda.

Minister Barrot called on the transitional government of Syria to unite all ethnic and religious groups in the country, leading to the adoption of a new Constitution and future elections.

France cut ties with the Assad regime in 2012, when the Syrian war began. That decision was similar to the United States of America and other European countries.

The French ambassador was summoned to the assembly to be warned.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria summoned the French Ambassador in this country, to denounce him for the actions of trying to create chaos and undermine the freedom of the country.

Ambassador Stéphane Romatet expressed that the Algerian government is deeply saddened by the provocations and various criminal activities carried out by his country.

The Algerian newspaper Le Soir wrote that the country’s administration has made it clear to him that the crime is being carried out by the French Foreign Intelligence Service.

Sources say that French spies wanted to hire ex-terrorists to undermine national security.

Algerian newspapers have reported that French diplomats and spies have held various meetings with people known to be terrorists to the country’s government.

The bad relationship between the two continues comes after the French writer of Algerian origin, Boualem Sansal was arrested in Algeria and imprisoned on charges of undermining the country’s sovereignty.

Algeria had recalled its ambassador to France months ago, after the country supported Morocco’s plan on the Western Sahara region, which is defeated by the countries of North West Africa.