{"id":135384,"date":"2024-12-10T08:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135384"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:42:13","slug":"u-s-scrambles-to-navigate-perils-of-a-new-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135384","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Scrambles to Navigate Perils of a New Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration is scrambling to find ways to engage with groups in Syria and around the Middle East as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/assad-syria.html\" title=\"\">victorious militias<\/a> begin shaping the nation\u2019s future after the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/syria-war-damascus?source=nyt_sports\" title=\"\">toppling of President Bashar al-Assad<\/a>, the longtime autocrat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The informal diplomacy during this <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/us\/politics\/syria-assad-iran-risks.html\" title=\"\">risky period<\/a> has to take place through channels outside Syria because the United States closed its embassy in Damascus in 2012 and has no known diplomatic personnel there. The State Department maintains a Syria office in its mission in Turkey, whose government has built close ties to various Syrian militias, including the most powerful one, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/02\/world\/middleeast\/syria-rebels-hts-who-what.html\" title=\"\">Hayat Tahrir al-Sham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Facing a new 11th-hour Middle East crisis before leaving power, the Biden administration hopes to keep the lid on a Pandora\u2019s box of threats that could emerge from a post-Assad Syria. Among them are a resurgence of anti-American terrorists, new dangers for neighboring Israel and a spasm of violence that could drive more refugees from the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. officials have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/us\/politics\/biden-syria-assad-isis.html\" title=\"\">speaking to their counterparts<\/a> in Turkey in recent days. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken talked with Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister of Turkey and a former intelligence chief, on Saturday as the militias were moving quickly toward Damascus, the capital of Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Blinken \u201cemphasized the importance of protecting civilians, including members of minority groups, across Syria,\u201d according to a State Department summary of the call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was clear Mr. Blinken intended for Mr. Fidan to convey that message to the militias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/us\/politics\/us-syria.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is scrambling to find ways to engage with groups in Syria and around the Middle East as victorious militias begin shaping the nation\u2019s future after the toppling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135384\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}