U.S. official met Syrian security chief in Damascus: official report
Reuters Staff
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official met Syria’s national security chief in Damascus this week in the highest ranking visit to Syria by a U.S. official since the start of the war in 2011, a senior regional official close to Damascus told Reuters on Friday.
The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar first reported the visit earlier on Friday, saying that the U.S. official discussed security matters including Americans missing in Syria. Among them are operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The regional official did not name the U.S. official who met Ali Mamlouk, Syria’s national security chief. “It is an important step, but Damascus does not have confidence in the American position,” the regional official said.
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Tillerson and I think Matthis were before congress this past week. C-Span covered it.
