High-level US diplomats in Syria for talks with HTS ...Iraq

The State Department's top MiddleEast diplomat Barbara Leaf, Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs RogerCarstens and newly appointed Senior Advisor Daniel Rubinstein—tasked withleading the Department's Syria engagement—will be the first American diplomatsto travel to Damascus since the Syrian opposition ousted President Basharal-Assad, according to Reuters.

The delegation will also seek newinformation about American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted during areporting trip to Syria in August 2012, and other US citizens missing under theAl-Assad regime.

Analysts consider the visit asignificant step as Western governments gradually open channels to HTS and itsleader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and begin debating whether to remove the group'sterrorist designation. The US delegation's trip follows recent contacts withFrance and the UK.

HTS remains on the StateDepartment's terrorist list and was previously affiliated with al-Qaeda.However, it has attempted to distance itself from its past and claims to haveadopted a more moderate stance.

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