In Damascus, US envoy inks $7 billion energy deal, calls for Israel-Syria peace pact

29/05/2025 16:29 France 24

On a visit to Damascus Thursday, newly appointed US envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack inked a $7 billion energy deal between Syria and a Qatari-US-Turkish consortium. Barrack also called for an Israel-Syria non-aggression pact and raised the flag over the US ambassador's residence in a sign of warming ties between the two countries.

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