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Damascus, Syria: two Republican members of the United States Congress were in the Syrian capital on Friday in an unofficial visit organized by a non-profit organization Syria-American, the first by US legislators since the fall of former Syrian Syrian Assad.
Also on Friday, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, with the Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa on his first visit from the fall of Assad and since the beginning of the Syrian uprising turned into a civil war in 2011.
Indiana Marlin Stutzman Representative and Florida Cory Mills representative visited Jobar’s suburb, the site of a historic synagogue that was damaged and looted in the civil war, and the Christian neighborhood of Bab Touma, where they with Christian religious leaders. They were also scheduled to meet with Al-Sharaa and other government officials.

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The Trump administration has not yet recognized the current Syrian government, led by Al-Sharaa, a former Islamist insurgent who led a ray offensive that knocked Assad. Washington has not yet raised hard sanctions that were imposed on Assad’s rule.
Mills, who sits in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, told Associated Press that it was “very important to see it for mouthful, be with varied government bodies, to see the need for stability, look at the Syrian people” “”
Mills said he expected the discussions with Al-Sharaa to include the issue of sanctions, as well as government priorities and the need for transition administration to advance towards a “democratically chosen society.”
“Ultimately, it will be the president’s decision” to raise sanctions or not, he said, although “Congress can advise.”
The members of the Congress reached the invitation of the American Syrian Alliance for Peace and Prosperity, a non -profit organization based in Indiana that describes its mission as promoting “a sustainable political, economic and social association between”.
The Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat, the only woman and the only Christian who serves in the Transitional Government, joined the Congress team in a visit to Bab Touuma, which according to her was “very important” for the Syrians.

Meanwhile, the United States Department of State issued a statement on Friday by reiterating its warning against US citizens visiting Syria. The statement said the State Department “is tracking credible information related to possible imminent attacks, including locations frequented by tourists.”
The Palestinian leader visits while Israeli troops remain in Syria
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that Abbas’ visit, the first since 2007, was “aimed at strengthening Palestinian Syrian relations and discussing regional developments.”
Abbas and Al-Sharaa discussed the Onboing War in Gaza and international efforts to advance long-standing efforts to achieve a solution of two states to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and “agreed to form joints aimed at improving bilateral cooperation.
Syria has a population of approximately 450,000 Palestinian refugees. The Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus was once widely considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora before it is largely destroyed in the war.

The Palestinian refugees in Syria have never been given the citizens, the option of preserving their right to return to the houses that fled was forced to last the creation of 1948 of the state of Israel. But in contrast to neighboring Lebanon, where the Palestinians are prohibited from having property or working in many professions, in Syria, the Palestinians historically had all the rights of citizens, except the right to vote and apply for a position.
Syria has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Although the new Syrian authorities have said publicly that they are not interested in entering a conflict with Israel, the Israeli government considers the ancient Islamist insurgents who are now in power in Damascus with suspicion.
The Israeli forces confiscated a non -sponsored cushioning zone within Syria after the rebels knocked out Assad and have launched an extensive series of air attacks in military facilities in Syria. Israeli officials have said that they will not allow the new Syrian military to the south of Damascus.
The arrival of Abbas to Damascus was delayed after the Israeli authorities denied permission for a helicopter to land in Ramallah who would suppose Jordan to take the Palestinian President, said a Palestinian official who did not authorize advertising. Israeli officials did not respond to a request for comments on the incident.