A team of U.S. diplomats, including the Biden administration's chief envoy for hostage negotiations, travelled to Damascus to meet with Syria's new leaders and seek information about the missing American journalist Austin Tice. This marks the first formal visit by American diplomats to Syria in over a decade.
WASHINGTON — The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad ’s ouster earlier this month are now in Damascus to hold talks with the country’s new leaders and seek information on the whereabouts of
“They will be engaging directly with the Syrian people, including members of civil society, activists, members of different communities, and other Syrian voices about their vision for the future of their country and how the United States can help support them,” the State Department said. Tice, who has had his work published by The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and others, disappeared at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus as the Syrian civil war intensified.
The State Department said Rubinstein, Leaf and Carstens would meet with HTS officials but did not say if the group’s leaderU.S. officials say al-Sharaa’s public statements about protecting minority and women’s rights are welcomed, but they remain skeptical that he will follow through on them in the long run.The U.S. has not had a formal diplomatic presence in Syria since 2012, when it suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus during the country’s civil war, although there are U.S.
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