The Trump administration on Tuesday officially revoked the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian rebel group and former al-Qaeda faction that toppled dictator Bashar Assad in December and took control of Damascus.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the revocation of FTO status fulfilled a promise made by President Donald Trump in May, when he met with HTS leader and interim Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.
“Tomorrow’s action follows the announced dissolution of HTS and the Syrian government’s commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms,” Rubio said in a statement…
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