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US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting

US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting
US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting

2024-12-21 08:00:02 - From: Al monitor


Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria's new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following "positive messages" from a first meeting that included a promise to fight terrorism.

Barbara Leaf, Washington's top diplomat for the Middle East, made the comments after her meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus -- the first formal mission to Syria's capital by United States diplomats since the early days of Syria's civil war.