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Al Jazeera Staff

US says it will not normalise relations with Syria’s Assad

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-engaging with other countries in the Middle East in recent months after years of isolation [File: Syrian Presidency/Handout via Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States will not normalise relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the State Department has said, as many of Washington’s Arab allies re-establish ties with Damascus.

The State Department said late on Thursday that top US diplomat Antony Blinken discussed a recent meeting in Amman between Syria and its Arab neighbours during a phone call with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi.

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