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US envoy for Syria arrives in Damascus for first visit since closure of US embassy in 2012Barrack, accompanied by the Syrian foreign minister, was appointed to the Syria role on May 23. He is also the US ambassador to Turkey,
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United States and Syria.

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Damascus: The US envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, arrived at the ambassador's residence in the Syrian capital on Thursday, in the first official visit since the US embassy there closed in 2012, a year after Syria's conflict broke out.

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Barrack, accompanied by the Syrian foreign minister, was appointed to the Syria role on May 23. He is also the US ambassador to Turkey,

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(Published 29 May 2025, 15:38 IST)