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WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria's new president as part ...
The Trump administration will no longer consider Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group led by Syria’s interim ...
The Trump administration announced Monday it will rescind the terrorist designation given to the Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al ...
President Trump eases most sanctions against Syria in a move to reclaim regional leverage, counter Iranian influence, and ...
Starting Tuesday, Mr. Trump’s executive order dismantles many of those sanctions, including ones against state-linked entities such as Syria’s central bank and other major financial institutions.
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week lifting sanctions on Syria as a way to help the country's transitional government gain its footing.
Critics of the Trump administration’s approach worry that lifting all sanctions at once will give the U.S. little leverage with Syria’s new government to incentivize good behavior.
President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 (“E.O. 14312” or the “E.O.”) titled “Providing for the Revocation of Syria ...
Ambassador Tom Barrack, Trump's envoy to Syria, called the new order a "tedious, detailed, excruciating process" of unraveling the sanctions that had been in place for decades on the regime of ...
Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon terminating the United States' sanctions program on Syria, the White House announced.
President Donald Trump on Monday lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, signing an executive order to carry out a promise he made in May. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters ahead ...