US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack has said that "Syria is now a laboratory for a new regional alignment of diplomacy, integration and hope for the entire region".
Barrack's remarks came in a post on X on Sunday, following a Saturday meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa to discuss developments in Syria and the region.
Under al Sharaa's leadership and with "the dedicated diplomacy" of Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al Shaibani, Syria has achieved "remarkable" progress, said the envoy.
The opportunities ahead offer "exponential advancement" for the Syrian people and enduring stability, he added.
The meeting took place at the People’s Palace in Damascus.
The Syrian Arab News Agency reported the two sides discussed “developments in Syria and the region and ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two countries.”
Syria's more than 13-year civil war killed more than half a million people and displaced millions of others.
Ousted ruler Bashar al Assad suppressed peaceful demonstrations with force, which erupted against his regime in 2011.
Tens of thousands of people were killed, displaced and disappeared into the ousted Assad regime’s brutal prison system.
In December 2024, the Syrian resistance movement ousted Assad and paved the way for ‘New Syria', with constitutional guarantees for all citizens.
