Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks on Monday with a senior Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new leadership in Damascus.SANA provided no immediate details about their talks, held in Damascus, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last Friday his country had sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, which is traditionally a close ally of Russia.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Zelenskyy said that 500 metric tons of wheat flour were already on their way to Syria as part of Kyiv’s humanitarian “Grain from Ukraine” initiative in cooperation with the United Nations World Food Program.Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, has said it wants to restore relations with Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad and his flight into exile in Russia.Ukraine, which has been