{"id":127993,"date":"2025-08-04T10:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=127993"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:56:15","slug":"u-s-envoy-urges-calm-amid-renewed-clashes-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/127993\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. envoy urges calm amid renewed clashes in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Thomas Barrack, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria, voiced on Monday deep concern over the renewed outbreaks of violence in the cities of Suwayda and Manbij, which erupted the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrack emphasized that diplomacy remains the most effective path toward ending violence and establishing a lasting peace in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Diplomacy is the best way to stop violence and build a peaceful, lasting solution,&#8221; Barrack said via his official X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He highlighted the United States\u2019 pride in its mediation efforts to defuse tensions in Suwayda and in its joint initiatives with France to support the reintegration of northeastern Syria into a unified national framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 is proud to have helped mediate a solution in Suwayda and to be co-mediating with \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 the reintegration of the northeast into a unified Syria,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disturbing violence erupted yesterday in Suwayda, and in Manbij. 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Meanwhile, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they responded to government shelling targeting their positions in the countryside of Manbij.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Ahmad Othman<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Thomas Barrack, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria, voiced on Monday deep concern over the renewed outbreaks of violence in the cities of Suwayda and Manbij, which erupted the previous day. 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