美国外交官十多年来首次正式访问大马士革：会晤叙利亚新当局并寻找失踪美国公民
2024年12月20日，美国国务院三名高级官员抵达叙利亚首都大马士革——这是美国外交官十多年来首次正式访问叙利亚。代表团由国务院叙利亚高级顾问 Daniel Rubinstein 领衔，成员包括负责近东事务的助理国务卿 Barbara Leaf 与总统人质事务特使 Roger Carstens。美国于2012年叙利亚内战期间暂停驻大马士革大使馆运作，此后在叙利亚没有正式外交存在。
国务院表示，代表团将直接与叙利亚民众接触，包括民间社会成员、活动人士与不同社区的代表，听取他们对国家未来的愿景以及美国可以如何提供支持；代表团还将与「沙姆解放组织」（HTS）的代表会面，讨论美国与地区伙伴12月14日在约旦亚喀巴会议上认可的过渡原则。HTS 是领导推翻阿萨德政权的武装组织，仍在美国的恐怖组织名单上。
代表团的另一项任务是查明在阿萨德政权期间失踪的美国公民的下落，首要是2012年在叙利亚报道期间失踪的美国记者 Austin Tice。Leaf 在与叙利亚新领导人 Ahmad al-Sharaa 会面后向媒体表示，美方基于与 HTS 的讨论，决定不再执行针对 al-Sharaa 的1,000万美元「正义赏金」悬赏。国务院表示，此行不会立即重开美国大使馆，是否给予外交承认将视叙利亚新当局的实际行动决定。
关联：叙利亚阿萨德政权垮台：反政府武装攻入大马士革，阿萨德出逃
（来源：美国国务院）
U.S. Diplomats Visit Damascus for First Time in Over a Decade After Assad's Fall
On December 20, 2024, three senior U.S. Department of State officials arrived in Damascus, Syria — the first formal visit to Syria by American diplomats in more than a decade. The delegation was led by Senior Adviser Daniel Rubinstein and included Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens. The United States suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus in 2012 during Syria's civil war and has had no formal diplomatic presence in the country since.
The State Department said the delegation would engage directly with the Syrian people, including members of civil society, activists, and members of different communities, about their vision for the future of their country and how the United States can help support them. The officials would also meet representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to discuss transition principles endorsed by the United States and regional partners at the Aqaba meetings in Jordan on December 14. HTS, the armed group that led the overthrow of the Assad regime, remains a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
A further goal of the visit was to determine what happened to American citizens who disappeared under the Assad regime, above all Austin Tice, the American journalist who went missing while reporting in Syria in 2012. After meeting Syria's new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Leaf told reporters that, based on the discussion with HTS, the United States would no longer pursue the $10 million Rewards for Justice bounty on al-Sharaa. The State Department said the visit would not immediately reopen the U.S. embassy, and that decisions on diplomatic recognition would depend on the new Syrian authorities' actions.
Related: Assad Regime Falls in Syria as Rebels Enter Damascus and Assad Flees
(Source: U.S. Department of State)
来源：美国国务院
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图片来源：图：叙利亚首都大马士革的倭马亚清真寺庭院与宣礼塔实景。Argenberg 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The courtyard and the Minaret of Jesus at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. By Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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