Barbara A. Leaf: “We are foursquare opposed to normalization. We do not think Assad merited an invitation to the Arab League.”

I want to be clear on what we have not done in Syria and what we will not do, which is support efforts to normalize or rehabilitate Bashar Al-Assad in any way, lift sanctions on the regime, or change our position opposing reconstruction in…

Let me be frank with you. After more than a decade of conflict, prospects remain limited for advancing a political solution worthy of Syrians who bravely demanded change more than 10 years ago.

The Biden administration has declined to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state and has stated that a Palestinian state should be established through, quote, 'direct negotiations between the parties involved in the conflict.'

I agree with the objective that Hamas never again control the Gaza Strip or threaten Israel.