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Will Syria normalise relations with Israel?

Normalisation might be a step too far, but a return to a peace deal may be in sight.

Al Jazeera

US diplomat: Conflict between Iran and Israel can pave new paths in the Middle East

US Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye Thomas Barrack says that the escalation between Iran and Israel has created a "new path" in the Middle East and points to talks behind the scenes between Syria and Israel on all issues.

Euronews

Overnight Israeli raid in southern Syria village kills one person

The Israeli military said its operation was aimed at arresting ‘several’ alleged Hamas members.

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US to reduce military presence in Syria, keeping only one base operational

US envoy says Syria strategy ‘will not be like the last 100 years’ as troops pull out.

Al Jazeera

Syrian stock exchange reopens after a 6-month hiatus as part of U.S.-led push for a new free market economy

Stock trading resumed in Damascus after a six-month pause that began in December.

Fortune

Trump's Syrian Outreach Turns an Enemy Into a Friend

Hawks in Washington often make it sound hard to end conflicts with other countries, but the United States and Syria are fixing relations overnight.

Reason

US envoy visits Damascus, says Syria-Israel conflict ‘solvable’

US envoy Thomas Barrack praises interim government in Damascus, calls for ‘dialogue’ between Israel and Syria.

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US Suggests Syria-Israel Non-aggression Deal

The United States' new envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, called for a non-aggression agreement between Syria and Israel in remarks to Saudi channel Al Arabiya on Thursday.

International Business Times

Trump envoy praises new Syrian president for ‘counter-ISIS measures’

Thomas Barrack also stresses temporary lifting of sanctions for first time since 1979 after meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa

The Guardian - US

This week: Trump to huddle with speaker before reconciliation markups begin - Roll Call

President Trump will with Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday, beginning the first of several key weeks for his agenda.

Roll Call

Jeffrey Epstein held meetings with Trump associates before 2016 election - years after sex offender conviction

The convicted sex offender invited Trump’s campaign backers Thomas Barrack and Peter Thiel to lunch with Russian diplomat Vitaly Churkin

The Independent UK

Trump ally Barrack acquitted of acting as UAE foreign agent

Tom Barrack, a onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was found not guilty by a jury on Friday of unlawfully acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates.

Reuters

Jury weighs whether Trump ally Barrack was a foreign agent and lied about it

A U.S. jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of Tom Barrack, the onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, on charges that he acted as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates and lied to federal investigators.

Reuters

Trump ally Tom Barrack's UAE ties not 'nefarious,' defense says

There was "nothing nefarious" about former private equity executive Tom Barrack's ties with United Arab Emirates officials, Barrack's defense lawyer said in closing arguments on Tuesday, denying prosecutors' charges that former U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime ally was an illegal foreign agent.

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The Guardian - US

‘Trump is the man’: trial paints a White House plagued by foreign influence

The legal woes of investor Tom Barrack, accused of secretly lobbying for the Emirati regime, add to the image of a Trump circle beset by influence-peddling and corruption

Tribune News Service

NYC judge will allow people with ‘some dislike’ of Trump on jury at trial of former president’s pal

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge will allow people who have “some dislike” of former President Donald Trump to serve as jurors at the upcoming trial of his former associate Thomas Barrack, according to a ruling released Friday.

Tribune News Service

Trump associate facing trial pushes to dismiss potential NYC jurors who call former president ‘least favorite person’

NEW YORK — A Trump associate facing a Brooklyn federal trial is pushing to disqualify dozens of potential jurors who roasted the former president as the public figure they least admire — calling him “divisive, ignorant, racist, misogynistic and dislikable in every way,” according to new court filings.

Reuters

Analysis-Beyond yachts and planes: U.S. turns to foreign agent laws to curb Russian influence

In the five months since the U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force to seize Russian oligarchs' assets to pressure Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, prosecutors also have targeted something less tangible: Russia's influence.

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Salon

DOJ: Barrack secretly helped Saudis

As Trump stoked suspicions of Saudi ties to 9/11, his top allies worked behind the scenes to protect Royal Family

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