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After Trump announcement, Treasury Department says US formally lifting Syria sanctions
Sweeping sanctions relief doesn't include removal of Sharaa's HTS from terror blacklist; some US officials pushed for phased ...
US and regional countries team up to resolve the issue of IS prisoners in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...
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US-backed Syrian Free Army secures airbase east of Damascus
The US-backed Syrian Free Army (SFA), which operates from the Tanf Garrison in southern Syria, has been working to secure and ...
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Are Trump, Democrats Too Trusting of Syria’s New Leader?
Ahmad al-Sharaa ‘is a different person than he once was,’ says Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff. Yet Sharaa’s actions do not ...
Lifting Syria sanctions could be a major boon — if we don’t repeat history’s mistakes
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria has the potential to revitalize the Syrian economy, create a safer ...
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Syria’s captagon industry continues to flourish despite new regime crackdowns
After toppling Bashar al Assad in December, Syria’s new leaders pledged to crack down on the captagon trade, which had ...
From most wanted to president: what’s next for Syria’s revolution?
Syria’s new president, once a U.S.-designated terrorist, is now leading post-Assad reconstruction with Gulf support and U.S.
The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria
Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war.