US envoy to Syria Robert Ford to retire, say sources
By REUTERS
WASHINGTON - US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford is retiring at the end of the month, current and former US officials said on Tuesday.Ford, a career foreign service officer and a fluent Arabic speaker, was instrumental in negotiating with Syrian opposition groups to join talks in Switzerland last month to try to end Syria's nearly three-year-old civil war.It was not immediately clear why Ford is retiring. A State Department spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
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