Jordan to host Syria-US meeting on reconstruction

AMMAN: Jordan will host a meeting between the United States and Syria to discuss the situation in the war-ravaged country and explore reconstruction efforts, Amman's foreign ministry said on Sunday. The meeting on Tuesday, which will be attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, 'will discuss the situation in Syria and ways to support the process of rebuilding Syria on foundations that guarantee its security, stability and sovereignty', according to a statement.
It is a continuation of discussions held between the officials in Amman on July 19 about deadly clashes in the Syrian province of Sweida. The violence between Druze fighters and Bedouins in July ultimately drew the intervention of government forces and tribal fighters who came to support the Bedouins, as well as the Israeli military, which carried out strikes in support of the Druze. A ceasefire put an end to the week of bloodshed — which killed 1,400 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights — but the situation remained tense, flaring into violence again in August. — AFP