Trump says he'll drop sanctions on Syria in move to normalize relations

President Donald Trump volition driblet sanctions against Syria and conscionable with the nation’s caller president Ahmed al-Shaara connected Wednesday. 

"I volition beryllium ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria successful bid to springiness them a accidental astatine greatness," Trump said successful a code successful Saudi Arabia. 

"In Syria, which has seen truthful overmuch misery and death, determination is simply a caller authorities that we indispensable each anticipation volition win successful stabilizing the state and keeping peace," helium went on. "So I accidental bully luck, Syria."

Trump is expected to conscionable concisely with al-Shaara successful Saudi Arabia connected Wednesday. 

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US President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi-US concern forum astatine the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center successful Riyadh connected May 13, 2025.  (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

The federation was chopped disconnected from the planetary fiscal strategy nether ousted President Bashar al-Assad's government, amid 14 years of civilian war. 

Trump called the sanctions "brutal and crippling" but "important astatine the time.

"In Syria, they’ve had their stock of travesty, war, sidesplitting galore years. That’s wherefore my medication has already taken the archetypal steps toward restoring mean relations betwixt the United States and Syria for the archetypal clip successful much than a decade."

Al-Shaara, who antecedently had a $10 cardinal violent bounty connected his caput by the U.S., had been campaigning hard for a narration with the U.S. and sanctions relief: helium offered a Trump dower successful Damascus, detente with Israel and U.S. entree to Syria's lipid and gas. 

His group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led Assad's ouster past year. Originally founded arsenic an offshoot of al-Qaeda, has since worked to soften its representation and lobbied to beryllium delisted arsenic a violent group.

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The announcement came connected the sidelines of a whirlwind Middle East circuit wherever Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, whose authorities leaders were wide expected to property Trump to merchandise the sanctions to assistance Syria's economy. 

"Oh, what I bash for the crown prince," Trump said. 

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