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The Trump administration will remove Syria's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of designated "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" from Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced. Why it matters: Rubio noted in his announcement Monday that the action is in line with Trump's pledge in Saudi Arabia in May ahead of a meeting with HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa,
The comment comes after Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia, while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria’s new president as part of a broader U.S. engagement with the transitional government since the ouster of former leader Bashar Assad late last year.
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