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The US newspaper “Newsweek” revealed that the Lebanese Director of Public Security, Abbas Ibrahim, during his visit to Washington last week, presented a series of demands that Damascus had stipulated in exchange for coordination with Washington.
The newspaper noted that the administration of US President Donald Trump seeks to reinstate the late American journalist Austin Tice and the missing psychiatrist Majd Kamalmaz, while the Syrian government wants to reduce the sanctions imposed and withdraw the American soldiers in exchange for toasts. assistance to Washington with respect to its missing citizens.
The newspaper quoted a Lebanese security official as saying that Ibrahim provided US authorities with information on Tice and Kamalmaz, where he met with White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien for four hours, in which he clarified the demands. from Damascus as part of negotiations aimed at ending suspicions surrounding missing American citizens.
The newspaper said that the Lebanese security official and an informed Syrian source confirmed the Syrian government’s effort to conclude an agreement with the Trump administration that would lead to the lifting of sanctions that have depleted the country’s economy, and this possible agreement also includes the necessity for the withdrawal of US soldiers stationed at the Al-Tanf base on the Syrian-Jordanian border.
It should be noted that Ibrahim had stated during his visit to Washington that he had discussed the security files that could not be discussed before they were fully completed.
And Major General Abbas Ibrahim last year contributed to efforts to secure the release of Canadian Christian Lee Baxter and American Sam Goodwin, who were being held in Syria.
Source: “Newsweek”
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