U.S. withdraws Syria envoy terminated security fears
Had thumbs down strategy to remove Ford in place of his safety. Haynes Mahoney, the embassys deputy chief of mission, inveterate to Ford has missing Syria but thought Washington hadnt not formally recalled him — a characteristically noteworthy diplomatic step. next to the era of Fords arrival inside Damascus, Syria was bouncing back from years of international isolation. Still, Assad largely shrugged sour U.S. attempts to tug it away from its alliances with Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.