US’s Syria envoy says he met with Sharaa, praises him on measures related to foreign fighters, Israel ties

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria says he met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and commended the leader’s steps taken regarding foreign fighters and relations with Israel.

Thomas Barrack, a special envoy to Syria and the current US ambassador to Turkey, says in a statement that the two met in Istanbul today, and that he commended Sharaa for “taking meaningful steps” on foreign fighters as well as “relations with Israel.”

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