US officials had 'good' meeting with Syria's de-facto new ruler, remove $10 billion bounty
The visit comes as Western governments are gradually opening channels to HTS and its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, and start debating whether or not to remove the terrorist designation on the group.
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024.(photo credit: AREF TAMMAWI/AFP via Getty Images)ByREUTERSUpdated:
