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June 25, 2009

US to Return Ambassador to Syria

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US to Return Ambassador to Syria After Four-Year Absence
by: Scott Wilson
The Washington Post

President Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to
Syria after an absence of more than four years, marking a
significant step toward engaging an influential Arab nation
long at odds with the United States.

The acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern
affairs, Jeffrey D. Feltman, informed Syria’s ambassador
to Washington, Imad Mustafa, tonight of Obama’s intention,
according to a senior administration official who spoke on
the condition of anonymity because the decision had yet to
be made public.

By returning a senior U.S. envoy to Damascus, the Syrian
capital, the Obama administration is seeking to carve out
a far larger role for the United States in the region as
the president works to rehabilitate U.S. relations with
the Islamic world and the Arab Middle East.

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The Bush administration withdrew its ambassador in February
2005 to protest the assassination of former Lebanese Prime
Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Syrian intelligence officials are
suspected of being behind the bombing in Beirut that killed
him, a claim Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has long
rejected.

The loss of U.S. diplomatic leverage in the region —
because of opposition among many Arabs to the Iraq war
and a perceived U.S. favoritism toward Israel — has left
a vacuum in recent years filled in large part by Iran.
The decision to return the ambassador to Syria, senior
administration officials said, represents the restoration
of a sustained U.S. diplomatic presence in a secular Arab
country central to many U.S. interests in the region.

“It did not make any sense to us not to be able to speak
with an authoritative voice in Damascus,” the senior
administration official said. “It was our assessment that
total disengagement has not served our interests.”

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The decision follows a series of recent visits to Syria
by high-level U.S. military and diplomatic delegations,
including a trip there this month by Obama’s Middle East
envoy, George J. Mitchell.

Syria’s ruling clique is Alawite, a sect of Shiite Islam,
and has close relations with the Shiite leadership of an
Iranian government now confronting the biggest challenge
to its authority in three decades. Iran and Syria support
the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, which the United
States considers a terrorist organization.

In addition, Syria has served as a transit point for
foreign fighters traveling to Iraq. The Bush administration
frequently called on the government to stop the flow across
its long border, something it did occasionally to fit its
strategic interests. The issue was recently raised by a
visiting Pentagon and Central Command delegation.

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Finally, Assad is central to resolving the Arab-Israeli
conflict. Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights
since the 1967 Middle East war, territory Assad has
demanded in return for peace with the Jewish state. Hamas
and Islamic Jihad — armed Palestinian movements that do
not recognize Israel’s right to exist — maintain political
offices in Damascus.

“We’re determined to engage in a comprehensive way in the
region,” the official said. “This is an important step we
are taking as part of that strategy.”

The official said the administration tonight also informed
the ambassadors of other countries in the region, including
Israel.

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