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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A man attends an interview with a reporter during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A phone records activists and residents holding Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

A man holds a placard containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Demonstrate For National Unity - Idlib

Activists and residents hold Syrian and HTS flags and placards containing slogans that affirm national unity during a demonstration in a square in Idlib, Syria, on November 28, 2025. The demonstration marked the one-year anniversary of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime in just eleven days. Demonstrators showed their rejection of any attempts to divide Syrian territory and called for maintaining sovereignty. Similar protests erupted across Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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69th Ballon D'Or Photocall - Paris

Serhou Guirassy and Assah Hayat attends the 69th Ballon D'Or Photocall at Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris, September 22, 2025, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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69th Ballon D'Or Photocall - Paris

Serhou Guirassy and Assah Hayat attends the 69th Ballon D'Or Photocall at Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris, September 22, 2025, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lilo & Stitch Paris Film Premiere

Nathalie Homs Hayat, french voice of Mme Kekoa attends 'Lilo & Stitch' Paris Film Premiere at Le Grand Rex on May 20, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lilo & Stitch Paris Film Premiere

Nathalie Homs Hayat, french voice of Mme Kekoa attends 'Lilo & Stitch' Paris Film Premiere at Le Grand Rex on May 20, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lilo & Stitch Paris Film Premiere

Nathalie Homs Hayat, french voice of Mme Kekoa attends 'Lilo & Stitch' Paris Film Premiere at Le Grand Rex on May 20, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Video Grab. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Video Grab. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Video Grab. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan and Ahmed al-Sharaa observed Damascus from Mount Qasioun

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and and Ahmed al-Sharaa, Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) drink tea while observing Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) is seen during the press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) is seen during the press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) is seen during the press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) is seen during the press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hakan Fidan And Ahmed al-Sharaa Press Conference - Damascus

Handout - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speak during the press conference with Leader of new Syrian administration (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) after their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets HTS Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - Damascus

Handout - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday December 22, 2024, according to photographs shared by the Turkish foreign ministry. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Fidan would travel to Damascus to engage in talks regarding the new political structure in Syria. Photo by Turkish Foreign Ministry via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press conference in Aqaba, Jordan, December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken walks to meet with King Abdullah of Jordan in Aqaba, Jordan, December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken following a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken following a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken following a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken following a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secrertary Antony J. Blinken shakes hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi during the Syria-focused meeting held in Aqaba, Jordan, on December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pederson in Aqaba, Jordan, December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Tours Middle East

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken speaks with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, December 14, 2024. Antony Blinken said the US had made “direct contact” with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels as western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. The US secretary of state’s comment is despite Washington having designated the HTS rebels as terrorists in 2018. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM