{"id":6881,"date":"2024-12-20T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2024-12-22T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T05:34:11","slug":"6881","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/12\/20\/6881\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/20\/iran-syria-regime-influence-assad\">\u201cIran scrambles to build ties with Syrian leaders as regional influence wanes,\u201d<\/a> Guardian, 12-20-24.<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating.\u00a0 Iran is not getting this far with HTS.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2024\/12\/20\/us-delegation-press-conference-in-damascus-cancelled-for-security-concerns-\">\u201cTop US diplomat says Iran won\u2019t have future role in Syria after meeting HTS leader,\u201d<\/a> Al Arabiya, 12-20-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf revealed that she had told al-Sharaa that Washington would no longer pursue the $10 million bounty on his head. It is unclear whether or not the US will revoke al-Sharaa\u2019s terror designation and remove the HTS from its terror blacklist.\u00a0Leaf said al-Sharaa vowed to not allow terrorist groups to operate in Syria or threaten the US or neighboring countries.\u00a0Asked about Iran\u2019s future role in Syria, Leaf said: \u201cIf I\u2019m to judge by today, Iran will have no role whatsoever, and it shouldn\u2019t.\u201d She added: \u201cFrankly, Iran has had decades now of the most predatory destructive behavior and presence in Syria and during the war itself, of course, mustered foreign militias, its own IRGC forces, Hezbollah fighters, and really preyed upon and really viciously brutalized the Syrian people.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-charges-iran-revolutionary-guards-officer-for-2022-murder-of-american-in-baghdad\/\">\u201cUS charges Iran Revolutionary Guards officer for 2022 murder of American in Baghdad,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 12-20-24.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been waiting for this type of story.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202412207555\">\u201cJerusalem Post: Hamas documents uncover Iran\u2019s weapons smuggling routes,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-20-24.<\/p>\n<p>Funny if not so serious.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202412201591\">\u201cIranian officialdom struggles to make sense of Syria exodus,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-20-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran scrambles to build ties with Syrian leaders as regional influence wanes,\u201d Guardian, 12-20-24. Fascinating.\u00a0 Iran is not getting this far with HTS.\u00a0 \u201cTop US diplomat says Iran won\u2019t have future role in Syria after meeting HTS leader,\u201d Al Arabiya, 12-20-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf revealed that she had told &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/12\/20\/6881\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6884,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions\/6884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}