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German FM warns Syria leader Europe will not fund Islamist rule

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Syria’s new leaders Friday not to establish an Islamist government after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month.

“Europe will support” Syria in its transition “but Europe will not finance new Islamist structures,” Baerbock told reporters at the end of a visit to Syria, adding: “This is not only in our own security interests but also what I have heard time and again from very many Syrians in Germany… and here in the region.”

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