The first Syrian consulate in Turkey

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad issued a decree provided for establishing the first general Syrian consulate for Syria in the Turkish Ghazi Intab, the first for Syria in Turkey.

News reports said that the consulate will cover in its activities " all lands of the provinces of the south and east Turkey," and is linked to the Syrian embassy in Ankara.

Al-Assad's decision came on the background of the agreement which was signed during his visit to Ankara by the beginning of this year. Worthy mentioning that Turkey has two consulates in Syria. in Aleppo and Lattakia. One of them is honorary.