Sudden Dismissal of U.S. Diplomats Handling Syrian Affairs - The Syrian Observer

Sudden Dismissal of U.S. Diplomats Handling Syrian Affairs - The Syrian Observer

Reuters reported on Thursday that several senior U.S. diplomats specializing in Syrian affairs have been abruptly dismissed in recent days. The diplomats were assigned to the Syria Special Regional Platform—the de facto U.S. mission to Syria, based in Istanbul—and reported directly to U.S. Special Envoy Thomas Barrack. According to a U.S. diplomatic source cited by Reuters, a number of staff were informed that their assignments had ended as part…