BEIRUT, December 8. /TASS/. The Syrian Foreign Ministry has stated that it and all of the country’s diplomatic missions abroad will continue their work, according to a respective statement released on the ministry's page on X social media.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic and its diplomatic missions abroad will continue servicing all its fellow citizens given their obligations to represent the Syrian people," the statement reads.

The ministry called the current events "a new page in the Syrian history" and urged citizens "to unite, not divide."

On November 27, militants started a large-scale offensive on positions of the government’s forces in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. By late December 7, the opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad captured several large cities, including Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Deraa, and Homs. Early on Sunday the militants entered Damascus, after which the units of the Syrian army left the city. Head of the Syrian government Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali expressed readiness to transfer power in the republic in a peaceful way.