Shafaq News/ On Friday, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,Ahmed al-Sharaa, (known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani,) held a “positive” meetingwith a US diplomatic delegation in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The US Department of State spokesperson clarified that the high-rankingUS delegation discussed the principles of power transition in Syria, regionaldevelopments, and the need to combat ISIS. and members of various sects.
He further stated that the diplomats discussed issuesrelated to the fate of missing journalist Austin Tice and other Americancitizens who disappeared during Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The American diplomats also held direct talks with representativesof Syrian civil society, activists,
In addition, the US mission in Damascus was scheduled tohold a press conference on Friday; however, a spokesperson for the US StateDepartment stated that the conference was canceled for security reasons.
Earlier, the US State Department announced that Americandiplomats had arrived in Syria to meet with the new Syrian authorities, markingan unprecedented diplomatic mission between Washington and Damascus during the13-year-long civil war.
The high-ranking US diplomats include Barbara Leaf, the USsenior diplomat for Middle East affairs; Roger Carstens, the presidential envoyfor hostage affairs; and Daniel Rubinstein, the newly appointed US advisortasked with leading US diplomatic efforts in Syria. These diplomats will be thefirst Americans to travel to Damascus since the Syrian opposition oustedPresident Bashar al-Assad.
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