Syrian Leader Says He Has Discussions with U.S. Officials ‘From Time to Time’
by The Foreign Desk
The Foreign Desk— In an interview published on Sunday by Syria’s official Sana News Agency, the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, revealed that his government has occasional discussions with United States officials. The sanctioned leader told an individual from Georgia’s Abkhazia region that “America is currently illegally occupying part of our lands, we meet with them from time to
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