Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golan - in Damascus, Türkiye's foreign ministry said on Sunday, without providing further details.
Photographs and footage shared by the ministry showed Fidan and Sharaa, leader of Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham which led the operation to topple Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, hug and shake hands.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had said on Friday that Fidan would be going to Damascus to discuss the new structure in Syria.