PNN – A senior American official in Middle East affairs said in Damascus hours after meeting with Ahmed al-Shara’a, known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of “Tahrir al-Sham” and the leader of the Syrian rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, that Iran will not play a role in Syria in the future.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, “Barbara Leaf”, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, told reporters a few hours after meeting with the leader of Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus, in response to a question about Iran’s role in the future of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime: If I want to judge, Iran will not have any role and should not have.
Repeating Washington’s claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its role in the West Asian region (Middle East), the deputy foreign minister of the current US Democratic government accused Tehran’s authorities of being in Syria like this: To be honest, Iran has had decades of the most predatory behavior and destructive presence during the Syrian war, of course, during the war, it gathered foreign militias, IRGC forces, Hezbollah fighters and really preyed on the Syrian people treated them cruelly.
The assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs also revealed that he had told the group’s leader that Washington would no longer seek a $10 million reward for his capture.
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A high-ranking American delegation traveled to Damascus on Friday and held talks with the Syrian rebel leader, for whom the United States has set a $10 million reward.
The meeting with Ahmad al-Sharaa, who went by the name Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, according to CNN, underscores the need for U.S. efforts to engage with Syria’s interim government to ensure that the country does not see a resurgence of terrorist groups like ISIS.
The international community has attempted to endorse a set of principles to define a political transition towards a new Syrian government that is inclusive and respects human rights.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Thursday local time: We want to make it clear to Tahrir al-Sham and all the emerging Syrian authorities that their recognition, the support they want and need from the international community, they must know that there are certain expectations.”
He acknowledged “the positive statements of al-Jolani, the leader of the Tahrir al-Sham editorial board,” but noted that “everyone is focused on performance.”
Blinken also suggested that lifting U.S. and international sanctions against Tahrir al-Sham, a terrorist group with previous ties to al-Qaeda, depends on “concrete actions.”