Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack raises the American flag at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (SANA via AP)In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, in Damascus, Syria, May 29, 2025. (SANA via AP)U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, center, arrives to inaugurate the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, in Damascus, Syria, May 29, 2025. (SANA via AP)U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, speaks during the signing of an agreement for a consortium of Qatari, Turkish and U.S. companies for development of an energy project, in Damascus, Syria, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack raises the American flag at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (SANA via AP)
