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WASHINGTON has no plans to “normalise or upgrade” diplomatic ties with Syria and will not encourage others to do so, a US State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Their remarks came as Jordan reopened its main border crossing in a bid to boost the countries’ flagging economies.
Arab countries are among those restoring relations with President Bashar al-Assad, who was re-elected with 95 per cent of the vote this May in a poll which was rejected by the US and its allies.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
![SHAMELESS DISPLAY OF COERCION: Previously unreleased photos of Guantanamo captives, 2002, brought to Guantanamo Bay from Afghanistan by way of Incirlik, Turkey. [Pic: Staff Sergeant Jeremy Lock/CC]](https://morningstaronline.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2025-11/cia%20web2.jpg.webp?itok=o_Dyxu_T)
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts