Syria formally apologized and paid $500,000 for damages caused by last December’s attack on the U.S. Embassy and ambassador’s residence in Damascus, according to the London-based Saudi newspaper al-Hayat. The paper quoted unnamed U.S. State Department officials as saying Syria’s moves, coupled with a pledge that such episodes would not occur again, have “put an end to the diplomatic tension” between the two countries.
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