US EditionUS congressman discusses with Syrian president return of body of American killed in Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, AUG 11 – Congressman Hamadeh met Syria's interim president to negotiate Kayla Mueller's body return and to discuss a secure humanitarian corridor amid recent deadly clashes in Sweida province.
- U.S. Congressman Abraham Hamadeh visited Syria on August 11, 2025, to meet Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and discuss returning the body of American aid worker Kayla Mueller.
- Mueller, a 26-year-old humanitarian from Arizona, was taken hostage by IS militants while in northern Syria during August 2013; U.S. officials later confirmed her death, contradicting extremist claims that she died in a Jordanian airstrike.
- During his visit, Hamadeh also addressed the need for a secure humanitarian corridor to safely deliver aid to Syria's southern province of Sweida, which recently experienced deadly clashes involving local minority groups.
- Dozens of mass graves containing remains of people abducted and killed by IS, including aid workers and journalists like Mueller, Foley, and Sotloff, have been discovered in northern Syria, but none of Mueller's remains have been found yet.
- Hamadeh described the visit as an important step toward humanitarian engagement and called for sanction policies that protect aid while supporting U.S. security interests amid ongoing U.S.-Syria efforts for economic recovery and regional stability.
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In Syria, Rep. Hamadeh seeks return of slain Arizona aid worker's body
U.S. Congressman Abe Hamadeh made a brief visit to Syria where he discussed with the country’s interim president the return of the body of Arizonan Kayla Mueller, an aid worker who was taken hostage and later confirmed slain.
US congressman discusses with Syrian president return of body of
DAMASCUS: US Congressman Abraham Hamadeh made a brief visit to Syria where he discussed with the country’s interim president the return of the body of an American aid worker who was taken hostage and later confirmed dead in the war-torn country, his office said Monday. Hamadeh’s visit to Syria comes as a search has been underway in remote parts of the country for the remains
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US congressman discusses with Syrian president return of body of American killed in Syria
A U.S. Congressman has made a brief visit to Syria where he discussed with the country’s interim president the return of the body of an American aid worker who was taken hostage and later confirmed dead in the war-torn country.
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