Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) discussed regional stability with U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack (L) and U.S. Central Command leader Adm. Brad Cooper in Damascus on Friday. File Photo by Syrian Arab News Agency/UPI | License Photo
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted two U.S. diplomats at the presidential palace in Damascus on Friday to address ISIS threats and stabilizing Syria and the Middle East.
The Syrian president, U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack and Adm. Brad Cooper, who is the commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed efforts to counteract ISIS in Syria and eliminate its threat in Syria, U.S. CentCom announced in a news release.
They also discussed reducing the risk of an ISIS attack in the United States, while working to fulfill President Donald Trump’s “vision of a prosperous Middle East and a stable Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors,” the CentCom news release said.
Cooper and Barrack also “offered praise to Syria” for its government’s support for recovering U.S. citizens inside Syria and continuing efforts to U.S. goals in the Middle East, according to CentCom.
Those goals include integrating armed Syrian groups into the Syrian military.
Al-Sharaa, Barrack and Cooper agreed to meet again sometime in the future to stay focused on countering ISIS in Syria.
Recent U.S. military actions included targeting and killing a senior Islamic State leader and his two adult sons in Aleppo, Syria, in July.
The Syrian military also has acted to quell violence between warring tribes in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, where dozens had been killed amid tribal conflicts.
