EU Sending Envoy To Talk To Syria's New Leaders

Damascus University students stand on a toppled statue of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad during a rally near the campus (Credit: AFP)

The EU's envoy to Syria headed to Damascus Monday to hold talks with the country's new Islamist rulers, just over a week after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster ended decades of brutal rule and civil war.

The move from Brussels came after the United States and Britain said they had made contact with the new authorities in the Syrian capital.