US envoy for Syria raises flag over Damascus residence as ties improve – Middle East Monitor

The US envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, raised the American flag over the ambassador’s residence in Damascus today for the first time since the embassy closed in 2012, a year after a civil war broke out, Reuters reports.

After months of relatively little engagement with Syria’s new administration, the US has rapidly built ties in recent weeks. US President Donald Trump met with Syria’s new…