{"id":195711,"date":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/uk-in-diplomatic-contact-with-syrian-rebels-says-lammy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","slug":"uk-in-diplomatic-contact-with-syrian-rebels-says-lammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/uk-in-diplomatic-contact-with-syrian-rebels-says-lammy\/","title":{"rendered":"UK in &#8216;diplomatic contact&#8217; with Syrian rebels, says Lammy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/df65\/live\/f484bad0-bb03-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg?resize=1024,576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UK in &#8216;diplomatic contact&#8217; with Syrian rebels, says Lammy\" title=\"UK in &#8216;diplomatic contact&#8217; with Syrian rebels, says Lammy\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had &#8220;diplomatic contact&#8221; with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organisation, but the UK &#8220;can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">His US counterpart <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5y46713z21o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken said on Saturday that the US had made &#8220;direct contact&#8221;<!-- --><\/a> with the HTS rebels now in control of Syria.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lammy&#8217;s remarks come as the government announced a \u00a350m humanitarian aid package for vulnerable Syrians. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Speaking on Sunday, Lammy said: &#8220;We want to see a representative government, an inclusive government. We want to see chemical weapons stockpiles secured, and not used, and we want to ensure that there is not continuing violence.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;For all of those reasons, using all the channels that we have available, and those are diplomatic and of course intelligence-led channels, we seek to deal with HTS where we have to.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The diplomatic contact with HTS does not mean the foreign secretary has personally been in touch with the rebel group.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce90x283rv7o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had &#8220;diplomatic contact&#8221; with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime. Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organisation, but the UK &#8220;can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect&#8221;. 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