A regional official confirmed to Reuters news agency, “The news is true about a secret meeting held about two months ago in Damascus between representatives of the Syrian and American governments, where the conversation dealt with the conditions for the exit of American forces from the country.” An official in the regional coalition supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad explained to the agency that “an American delegation visited Damascus in June, where it was received by the head of the Syrian National Security Office, Ali Mamlouk,” noting that “most of the details that came in a report published by one of the… Lebanese newspapers are consistent with the truth.” Two high-ranking officials indicated to the agency, while commenting on the report, that “dialogue is ongoing between the United States and representatives of the Syrian government regarding the expulsion of ISIS from Syria, the chemical file, and the fate of journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012.” .
An American delegation visited Damascus and discussed with the Syrians the conditions for removing their forces from the country
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