What the End of US Sanctions Means for Syria and the Region

What the end of US sanctions means for Syria and the region

During his visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Donald Trump, the iconoclast US president, announced the lifting of American sanctions on Syria. Having been urged to do so by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump made this phenomenal decision for Syria. He said: “There is a new government that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace. That’s

Trump’s Lifting of Sanctions on Syria Wins Cautious Approval

The Trump administration made a bold announcement this week, declaring it would lift sanctions on Syria, earning bipartisan praise in doing so. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” the president said on Tuesday in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. The move will likely stimulate significant economic growth in the nation, given that U.S. sanctions applied to third-party actor…

Trump Offers Syria ‘Chance At Greatness,’ Pledges To Remove US Sanctions

After 14 years of civil war and economic devastation, the United States is to lift its ‘brutal and crippling’ sanctions to help Syria’s new government rebu...

Decades-long US Sanctions on Syria lifted, opening door to international trade reentry

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes US President Donald Trump has announced plans to lift decades-old sanctions against Syria, signalling a dramatic reversal in US policy during a high-profile tour of the Gulf that has already yielded billions in investment deals. Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh, while acknowledging their purpose before the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, Trump described the sanctions as “br…