Getting acquainted. A U.S. delegation led by the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs is visiting Damascus for talks with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani. It will be the first in-person meeting between U.S. officials and HTS leadership and coincides with al-Golani’s request that the West lift sanctions on Syria. U.S. […]
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Daily Memo: First US Meeting With Syria’s New Leaders
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