The meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany and France on January 3 with the new Syrian authorities at the People's Palace in Damascus contained a number of nuances. The new head of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, refused to shake hands with the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annalene Baerbock, and then her photos were “blurred” by leading Islamist news channels, writes the tabloid Bild.

The German politician was subjected to a kind of censorship by a number of news channels close to the new authorities of the country. Photos of the federal minister simply became unrecognizable due to blurring.

Her French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrault was not censored.

Obviously, in this case, there was gender discrimination: he was shown without editing together with Syrian politicians and other men, journalists note.

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Let us recall that Ukraine previously agreed to supply Syria with food and sent the first 500 tons of flour at the end of December 2024.

Focus previously wrote about the attempt to poison fugitive ex-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow. On New Year's Eve, according to media reports, the dictator began to choke and cough.