US media reports say Washington hoped a deal with President al-Assad could free freelance journalist, therapist.
Exclusive: Syria Demands Sanctions Relief, US Troop Pullout in Return for Help with American Captives
Lebanese General Security director Major General Abbas Ibrahim brought to Washington a list of demands for Damascus including sanctions relief and closing Al-Tanf garrison in exchange for help on …
U.S. held secret talks with Syria over missing American journalist, sanctions and U.S. military presence, Syrian newspaper reports
Two U.S. officials reportedly met with intelligence chief in rare high-level talks and discussed Austin Tice, abducted in Syria in 2012.
High-Level U.S. Mission to Syria Sought Release of American Prisoners
Though the two countries barely talk, American officials met in Damascus with a Syrian intelligence chief to discuss two U.S. citizens held in Syria, Austin Tice and Majd Kamalmaz.
Top US official on secret Syria visit for talks on missing
The daughter of a U.S. citizen missing in Syria says a top U.S. official recently visited the war-torn country, apparently for talks on her missing father and freelance journalist Austin Tice …
The White House’s plan to negotiate hostage releases from Syria won’t work because Assad won’t take it seriously, regional officials say
The White House recently sent an official to Syria to discuss the fate of two American hostages, Majd Kamalmaz and Austin Tice.
Turkey Withdraws From Base in Northwest Syria, Sources Say
Turkey is withdrawing troops from a military post in northwest Syria that was surrounded by Syrian government forces last year, but is consolidating its presence elsewhere in the region, sources …
A top White House counterterrorism official reportedly met with the Assad regime in Syria for US hostage talks
The secret negotiations represent the first time such a high-level US official has met with the Assad regime in Syria in more than a decade.
U.S. official went to Syria for Americans -WSJ
Publish Audio U.S. official went to Syria for Americans -WSJ. Posted [AUDIO ONLY] A White House official traveled to Syria seeking the release of U.S. citizens believed h …
White House official went to Syria seeking Americans’ release
A White House official traveled to Damascus earlier this year for secret meetings with the Syrian government seeking the release of at least two U.S. citizens thought to be held there, a Trump …