Live Syria updates: Blinken says US made direct contact with HTS rebel group

Live Syria updates: Blinken says US made direct contact with HTS rebel group

A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, December 10, 2024. HTS is the largest rebel faction within the opposition which overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad last Sunday.