Posted on 12/22/2024 2:05:58 PM PST by Red6
Senior diplomat Barbara Leaf says she received 'positive messages' on fighting terror from Ahmed al-Sharaa; new leaders say they wish to contribute to 'regional peace'
A senior US diplomat told Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Washington was scrapping a reward for his arrest, and welcomed “positive messages” from their talks including a promise to fight terrorism.
Barbara Leaf, Washington’s top diplomat for the Middle East, made the comments after her meeting with Sharaa in Damascus — the first formal mission to Syria’s capital by United States diplomats since the early days of Syria’s civil war.
The country’s new authorities said in a statement after the meeting that Syria wants to contribute to “regional peace.”
“The Syrian side indicated that the Syrian people stand at an equal distance from all countries and parties in the region and that Syria rejects any polarization,” the statement said.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
This dude is a terrorist which had a 10 million dollar bounty on his head by our State Department. His folks were involved in decapitations and other nice things not to long ago.
But times change and today Russia is in our sight and HTS is fighting the Assad regime.
Now HTS formerly: Jabhat al-Nusrah, a former branch of al-Qa'ida in Syria is so bad.
You got that right folks. AQ isn't so bad after all. Who knew?!?!?
Now this turban and army field jacket wearing dude, pointing to Allah and with an AK in the background in the past, gets depicted wearing suits, polo's with a jacket and the older images are near impossible to find in Google (Google is a US IC creation):
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jolani-1024x612.jpg
https://media.shafaq.com/media/arcella/1734708411525.webp
The degree by which our government can pivot is astonishing.
Trump should double the bounty on his first day.
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bump!
The United States has only one friend in the middle east... Israel.
All the other regimes in that area are either terrorist, supporters of terrorist, or despot dictatorships that support terrorist and terrorist regimes.
Don't worry... They're not going back to Syria anytime soon... They like it here.
“Let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who...”
“You got that right folks. AQ isn’t so bad after all. Who knew?!?!?”
Now jog my memory... who was it that attacked America on 9/11?
“Drops” - cancels or “drops” - announces?
Islam attacked us. Doesn’t matter what country they came from. SA and the rest of the muzzies need to be dealt with.
After all....”This is supposed to be a happy occasion! “
SA?
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Agreed. Sep 11 was the wake up call to never to another Operation Cyclone. The political class is the only group that hasn’t gotten the memo.
Barbara Leaf is a long time Dep of State bureaucrat; time for her to go.
Saudi Arabia
“How about we make you a nice man again and we will give you 10 million dollars if you change your mind on those Russian bases? “ Anthony Bliken
Blinken is a saboteur. He’s trying to screw up everything before Trump gets in.
Blink Boy is probably even telling Hamas to hang onto hostages.
Swear Trump in now.
The current regime is a rudderless, evil clown show.
Israel looks out for its own interests, not American interests. As it should.
Dude had a come to Jesus moment that resulted in the bounty drop?
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