Muslim Outreach:Obama Sends 1st Ambassador to Syria in 5 Years

Elizabeth A. Kennedy,The Huffington Post

The first American ambassador to Syria since 2005 arrived in Damascus on Sunday at a time of regional turmoil and with Syrian-U.S. relations still mired in mutual distrust.

Few expect immediate changes,but having career diplomat Robert Ford in Damascus offers Washington a better glimpse into Syria at a time of rising tensions – particularly in neighboring Lebanon,where the Western-backed government collapsed last week.

“Intelligence sharing is the most promising overlap in U.S.-Syrian relations,”said Joshua Landis,an American professor and Syria expert. He noted that like Washington,Syria’s secular regime is against al-Qaida and “takfiri”Islamists,referring to an ideology that urges Sunni Muslims to kill anyone they consider an infidel.

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1 comment to Muslim Outreach:Obama Sends 1st Ambassador to Syria in 5 Years

  • roger jones

    With all the information that is available to the American Public ,I just don't understand why Obama has not been impeached or asked to leave the Presedency.
    Unless there are measures taken to have him removed from office ,he will be reelected by the incompetent American Voting Public.
    He is a disgrace to the office and if the American voters would have vetted him before the election they would have known he was not eligible to be nominated.
    Wake up peopkle and take care of Business in the manner that it needs so there doesn't have to be more excuses made .Thank You

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