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Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 - 14:47 Makkah mean time-12-10-1436
Michael Ratney (Google image)
Washington (IINA) – The United States named a new special envoy to Syria on Monday, the third since the war began four years ago, as Washington seeks a political solution to the conflict.
Secretary of State John Kerry said that Michael Ratney, an Arabic speaker who served as US consul general in Jerusalem, and as a diplomat in Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Qatar, will replace Daniel Rubinstein as US special envoy to Syria.
AFP reported that Kerry urged Ratney to continue the important work led by his predecessor to shape the United States' response to the complex and devastating conflict in Syria.
"We remain committed to reaching a negotiated political transition away from Bashar al-Assad, working to counter the shared threat of terrorism, supporting the moderate opposition and addressing the humanitarian disaster and its impact on Syria's neighbors," Kerry added.
The top US diplomat said Ratney would "soon" travel to the region to speak with Syrian and other officials "seeking an end to the violence and a future of freedom and dignity for all Syrian people."
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