Jordan and U.S. to join meeting on rebuilding Syria
Syria
after more than a decade of conflict and the ouster of former leader Bashar al-Assad by an Islamist-led rebellion in December.
Syrian foreign minister
Asaad al-Shibani and the U.S. envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack will attend, Jordan's foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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