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Top US official wraps up ‘productive’ meeting in Syria with Islamist leader; cancels press conference
US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf has just wrapped up a meeting in Syria with Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamist group, the Walla news site reports, citing a US official who called the meeting productive.
A planned press conference by Leaf’s delegation visiting Damascus has been “canceled due to security concerns,” an official with the US embassy says.
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