However Washington now sees its navy presence as a hedge in opposition to additional instability, even because it remains unclear how Syria’s new rulers will view US presence.
Washington nonetheless designates as a terrorist organisation the Sunni Muslim militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was chief among the many insurgent forces that ended 50 years of brutal dynastic rule by Assad.
“There was no formal change in any insurance policies,” on such teams, mentioned Finer. “These designations should not made based mostly on what teams say or what they are saying their intentions are or they intend to do, it is about actions so we will likely be watching.”
He characterised as “fairly constructive” a few of what these teams have been saying in current weeks however mentioned Washington would wait and see if these statements are adopted by motion to result in “credible, inclusive governance for Syria.”
He mentioned the Biden administration is involved with members of the incoming crew of President-elect Donald Trump and retaining them apprised about Syria.
