Syria joining US-led anti-ISIS coalition meeting 'marks a new chapter,' says US envoy
'Regional solutions, shared responsibility. Syria’s participation in the D-ISIS Coalition meeting in Riyadh marks a new chapter in collective security,' Tom Barrack says
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa receives US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Representative for Syria Tom Barrack at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria on February 4, 2026
ISTANBUL
Syria's participation in Monday’s meeting of the US-led international coalition against ISIS (Daesh) "marks a new chapter in collective security," US envoy Tom Barrack said Tuesday.
"Regional solutions, shared responsibility. Syria’s participation in the D-ISIS Coalition meeting in Riyadh marks a new chapter in collective security," he wrote on US social media company X.
Barrack's remarks came after Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and intelligence chief Hussein al-Salama attended the meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday.
The meeting was also attended by Barrack, who met with Shaibani on the sidelines.
In a statement released after the meeting, the coalition welcomed Syria as its 90th member.
Syria formally joined the anti-ISIS coalition last November. The coalition was formed in 2014 and has carried out military operations against the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, though Damascus was not previously a member.
The new Syrian administration has been working to tighten security conditions nationwide since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024.
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