This is the first public confirmation of interaction with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the terrorist-designated group that ousted Assad.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up perhaps his last Middle East mission as America’s top diplomat. His aim has ...

A former prisoner spearheading a private effort to help find captive US journalist Austin Tice is concerned that deposed ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that the U.S. has made direct contact with Syria’s Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham ...

Antony Blinken is the first U.S. official to confirm contact between the Biden administration and the rebel coalition that ousted Bashar al-Assad from power.

The US is working directly with the Islamist rebel group that led the overthrow of the Syrian government last week, with the goal of finding an American journalist held hostage top of mind, ...

With things on the ground changing in Syria, the U.S. is taking the opportunity to follow leads on missing American Austin ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian ...

Blinken said that the contact was partly related to the search for Austin Tice, the US journalist who was kidnapped in 2012.

The United States has had direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian rebel group now in de-facto control of the ...