Assad says Syria has held ‘meetings’ with US on possibly mending ties with West

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Assad says Syria has held ‘meetings’ with US

DAMASCUS, April 22 — US-sanctioned President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published yesterday that Syria has held meetings “from time to time” with Washington, as it seeks openings after over a decade of isolation. The United States was among the first to cut ties with Assad over the repression of anti-government protests that sparked war in 2011, and many Western and Arab states also severed relations. However last year Syria returned t…