U.S. has made contact with Syrian rebel group HTS, Blinken says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged during a press conference in Jordan that the United States has made direct contact with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. He emphasized the importance of finding missing American journalist Austin Tice and discussed shared principles for supporting Syria’s future. HTS leader Ahmed al-Shara expressed optimism about Syria’s future under HTS leadership and emphasized the country’s exhaustion from war.

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