US admits direct contact with Syrian rebel group

Washington. The United States is the first to admit that it is in direct contact with the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made this comment in Jordan.
“We are in contact with HTS and others,” he said. However, the United States has declared Hayat Tahrir al-Sham a terrorist organization.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said regional powers wanted Syria to avoid a “state of chaos.”
Recently, the rebel group led by the HTS in Syria overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad. Syria was then declared independent.
During this period, Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Russia has given him asylum