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U.S. officials have announced on Friday that the U.S. plans to reopen its embassy in Damascus for the first time in 14 years, according to AP News. 

The Trump administration told congress that they plan to initiate a phased approach towards the resumption of embassy operations in Syria, with plans slated to begin soon. However, there is no released timeline on when U.S. officials will operate out of the embassy on a full-time basis.

According to al-Jadeed news, Trump stated that “the situation in Syria is improving, and the president is treating the Kurds well.”

The Syrian government took control of northeastern Syria in January through a series of violent clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the process of integrating SDF members into the country. 

The U.S. implicitly supported Damascus over the SDF in the clashes, with officials stating a position that the SDF was no longer a necessary partner in U.S. operations in the region. The U.S. instead shifted towards a position of supporting a stable and united Syria as a means to ensure its security interests.

The U.S. also announced this week that it would withdraw all of its remaining troops from Syria and has been in the process of handing over U.S. bases to Syrian authorities including al-Tanf near the Syria-Jordan-Iraq tri-point border and the al-Shaddadi base in northeastern Syria.

The integration of northeastern Syria into the Syrian state marks the near-unification of the country, with only portions of Suwayda remaining outside of Damascus’ authority.

During the Syrian Civil War, the U.S. maintained a close relationship with the Kurdish-led SDF as military and counterterrorism partners against the proliferation of the Islamic State in the 2010s. This alliance rose out of an incapable and adversarial Bashar al-Assad government in Damascus.

With the new Ahmed al-Sharaa regime, Syria has exchanged counterterrorism intelligence with the U.S., joined the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in November 2025, and cracks down on cells of non-state armed groups in the country, including those affiliated with Hezbollah and the Islamic State.

The embassy reopening announcement comes as the Trump administration has continued to deepen relations with Damascus, becoming partners in security and counterterrorism.