The Embassy of Syria in
Washington, D.C.
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( ar, سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في واشنطن) is the suspended
diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...
of the
Syrian Arab Republic
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
to the
United States
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. The final ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic was
Imad Moustapha
Imad Moustapha ( ar, عماد مصطفى; born 11 March 1959) is the Syrian Ambassador to China and his country's former Ambassador to the United States.
Biography
Imad Moustapha was born in Aleppo on 11 March 1952.
He was Dean of the Faculty of ...
. A Charge D'Affaires has not been named.
The embassy along with two honorary consulates were ordered to suspend operations on March 18, 2014 by U.S. special envoy for Syria
Daniel Rubinstein, who stated that "We have determined it is unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the United States".
The United States subsequently recognized the
diplomatic mission
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of the
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces on 5 May 2014.
History of building
The building is notable for being the home of former US President
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
, who died in the building on March 8, 1930. He had lived in this house for 9 years. The building, constructed in 1908 and designed by noted architect
Appleton P. Clark, Jr.
Appleton Prentiss Clark Jr. (November 13, 1865 – March 25, 1955) was an American architect from Washington, D.C. During his 60-year career, Clark was responsible for designing hundreds of buildings in the Washington area, including homes, h ...
, is located at 2215 Wyoming Avenue in the
Kalorama neighborhood of
Washington, D.C.
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Syrian Civil War
During February 2012, large scale protests were held at the embassy, condemning the alleged "violent government crackdown" against the popular uprising taking place in Syria, which would become the beginning of the
Syrian Civil War. These protests were caused partially by the rejection of China and Russia of a proposed resolution, during a
UNSC emergency session. Such protests occurred in other Syrian embassies worldwide, such as
London
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and
Istanbul
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.
While the Syrian embassy remained open after the Assad government's crackdown upon
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in T ...
protestors, Syrian diplomat Bassam Barabandi was actively working with the
Syrian Opposition
The Syrian opposition ( ar, المعارضة السورية ', ) is the political structure represented by the Syrian National Coalition and associated Syrian anti-Assad groups with certain territorial control as an alternative Syrian gover ...
and United States government to aid opposition figures with passports and provide information regarding the government.
See also
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Syria-United States relations
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List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
This is a list of the 177 resident Diplomatic mission, embassies in Washington, D.C. For other diplomatic missions in the United States, see List of diplomatic missions in the United States.
The Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C., embass ...
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Ambassador of Syria to the United States
The Ambassador from Syria to the United States is Syria's foremost diplomatic representative in the United States, and in charge of Syria's diplomatic mission in the US.
List of heads of mission Ambassadors to the US
*March 19, 1945–1947: ...
References
External links
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
Washington, D.C.
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Defunct diplomatic missions in the United States
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