Commander of the Turkish Land Forces General Metin Tokel held meetings with the Minister of Defense of the Syrian Arab Republic Major General Murhaf Ebu Kasra, and the Chief of General Staff Major General Ali Nurettin Nasan, in the capital Damascus on 11 December 2025 as an official invitee. Subsequently, he visited Turkish Ambassador to Damascus Mr. Burhan Köroğlu, and conducted inspections at the Türkiye-Syria Joint Operations Center.