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US drops bounty for Syria's new leader

In first in-person contact, US officials met Syria's HTS in Damascus

U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus held Washington's first in-person official meetings with Syria's new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Friday and discussed with the former al Qaeda affiliate the future of Syria's political transition.

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US delegation meets with Syrian rebel leader in Damascus

A high-level US delegation traveled to Damascus Friday and sat down with Syria’s de-facto leader, a former Jihadist with a long-standing $10 million US bounty on his head who led the swift and successful rebellion against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The Straits Times · 10h

US scraps $13 million bounty on Syria's new leader Al-Sharaa in Damascus meeting

Ms Barbara Leaf, the US diplomat for the Middle East, says the talks with the new Syrian leader were positive. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pentagon quietly doubled troop presence in Syria

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US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus

The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.

Newsweek · 1d

US Doubled Its Amount of Troops in Syria Before Assad's Fall: Pentagon

The Pentagon said Thursday that 2,000 troops were in Syria after U.S. officials previously said there were only 900 troops there.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

US has twice as many troops in Syria than previously declared, Pentagon says

The Pentagon on Thursday said it has 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, more than twice the 900 it has previously said it has, and that the additional troops are considered temporary forces that were sent to support the mission against Islamic State militants.

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Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.

The Boston Globe · 1d

US diplomats and hostage envoy in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster

The team is also the first group of American diplomats to formally visit Syria in more than a decade since the US shuttered its embassy in Damascus in 2012.

Yahoo · 20h

Biden hostage envoy in Syria amid push to find missing American Austin Tice

U.S. diplomats have arrived in Syria for the first known face-to-face talks with the country's new leaders following the collapse of the Assad regime earlier this month. One of the goals is to find missing American journalist Austin Tice.

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U.S. to lift $10M bounty on de facto Syrian leader's head

The U.S. is set to remove the $10 million bounty it had placed on de facto Syrian leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the head of ...

Damascus gathering calls for broad participation in new Syrian government

Hundreds of Syrian protesters gathered Thursday at Umayyad Square in Damascus for the first time since the fall of Bashar ...

Israel’s Expanded Perch on Syrian Border Puts Damascus in Its Sights

Israel’s military has seized a strategic mountain top in its contested border area with Syria and advanced on positions ...

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Biden praises regime change in Syria after rebels capture Damascus

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...

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Erdogan Signals Turkish Action in Northern Syria Against US-Backed Groups

Following the fall of Assad's regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high prompting concerns from ...

Syrian girls' right to schooling unrestricted, new education minister says

Syria will remove all references to the former ruling Baath party from its educational system as of next week but will not ...

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He toppled a dictator and traded fatigues for suits — Syria's new leader tries to reassure the U.S.

Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...

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Hundreds in Damascus protest for democracy, women's rights: AFP

Hundreds of Syrians protested Thursday in central Damascus calling for democracy and women’s rights, more than a week after ...

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