Syria News | US Establishes Contact With Syrian Rebel Group That Ousted Assad, Says Blinken | N18G

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government but is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others.Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between the Biden administration and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which led a coalition of armed opposition groups that ousted Assad from power.Show more