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Germany’s foreign minister said Friday she wants to help Syria return to being “a functioning state with full control over its territory”, releasing a statement ahead of her trip to Damascus.
Despite “scepticism” about the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces who head the coalition that overthrew Bashar al-Assad in early December, “we must not miss the opportunity to support the Syrian people at this important crossroads”, Annalena Baerbock said as she travelled to join her French counterpart in Syria.
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