Top diplomats from the Biden administration visited Damascus on Friday to meet with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a State Department spokesperson said. This marks the first official in-person meeting between Washington and Syria's de-facto new rulers. The US delegation, led by Barbara Leaf, Roger Carstens, and Daniel Rubinstein, discussed transition principles, the fate of missing Americans, and future US support with HTS representatives and Syrian civilians.
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The delegation will also work to obtain new information about US journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, and other American citizens who went missing during the Assad regime. In a seismic moment for the Middle East, Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus on Dec 8, forcing Assad to flee after more than 13 years of civil war, ending his family's decades-long rule.
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