A US delegation led by Barbara Leaf will meet with members of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) rebel group in Syria. The meetings aim to discuss expectations for a transition to an inclusive Syrian government and gather information about the fate of detainees. The delegation will also engage with civil society, activists, and other Syrians to understand their vision for the future.
The delegation is expected to meet with members of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham rebel group , said a State Department spokesperson.The U.S. delegation, led by Barbara Leaf, the senior State Department official for the Middle East, is expected to meet with members of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham rebel group , according to a State Department spokesperson.
Daniel Rubinstein, a senior adviser for the State Department’s Middle East bureau, will lead the department’s diplomatic engagement on Syria, according to the spokesperson, and will “engage directly with the Syrian people and key parties in Syria and coordinate with allies and partners.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the United States was in touch with “every possible actor who might be able to get information.
“Any piece of information we get, any lead we have, we’re following it. We have ways of doing that irrespective of exactly where we are,” Blinken said in an interview on The U.S. delegation's visit follows visits by diplomats from France, the U.K. and Germany to Damascus this week as the leader of HTS, HTS remains a U.S.-designated terrorist group with a $10 million bounty on Jolani. The sanctions do not prevent the U.S.
“Our view is that when whatever government arises out of this transition, it needs to be inclusive, it needs to protect the rights of all Syrians, including women and minorities, like all governments, it needs to preserve critical state institutions and deliver essential services,” deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said Thursday.
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