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U.S. holds first meeting with rebels in charge of Syria

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U.S. officials say they received new leads on the fate of long-missing journalist Austin Tice .

The Biden administration cancels a $10-million bounty on rebels' leader Ahmed Sharaa .

Washington officially regards the rebel group as terrorists.

It was the first time U.s. officials have formally visited Damascus since the US . Embassy there was shuttered in 2012 as civil war raged.