Ms Barbara Leaf, the US diplomat for the Middle East, says the talks were positive. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. officials are in Syria with goals to advance Aqaba principles and seek information on American citizens who disappeared ...

Senior diplomat Barbara Leaf says she received 'positive messages' on fighting terror from Ahmed al-Sharaa; new leaders say ...

He also seeks to coordinate with allies to advance principles laid out in a meeting between world leaders in the Jordanian city of Aqaba earlier this month. The trio will meet with the Syrian ...

The trip comes a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States had been in direct contact with HTS as he toured Syria's neighbors. At talks in the Jordanian resort of Aqaba ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously noted that world leaders discussed "the need for an inclusive, Syrian-led political transition" during the Aqaba Meetings on Syria in Jordan on Dec. 14.

"I appreciated hearing directly from Syrian civil society activists ... agreed upon by the U.S. and our regional partners in Aqaba. We welcomed positive messages, and we will be looking for ...

Hostage envoy Roger Carstens traveled to Syria Friday, making the first known U.S. in-person contact with the caretaker ...