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American diplomat, assistant secretary of state for the Near East, and — in John Kiriakou's description — an old friend of his. He cites her trip to Damascus, made within days of al-Julani taking power and alongside the special envoy for hostage affairs, as the moment American recognition was traded for the lifting of the ten-million-dollar bounty on the new Syrian leader.
Barbara Leaf is an American diplomat serving as assistant secretary of state for the Near East, and a person John Kiriakou identifies as “an old friend of mine.”[1]
She appears in his account of Syria as the instrument of an unusually fast reversal. On his telling, al-Julani’s first act after taking power was to invite Leaf and the assistant secretary of state for hostage affairs to Syria — “and this is like days after he took power” — with recognition following in exchange for the lifting of the ten-million-dollar American bounty on him.[2][3]
Describing the same trip later, Kiriakou put it more drily: Leaf “jets off to Damascus with the special envoy for hostage negotiations to make peace and bring gifts” — after which the new Syrian president was invited to the White House “to be fêted by all the Washington swells.”[1]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
