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Trump's decision to lift Syria sanctions took Treasury staff by surprise
President Trump announced this week he will drop sanctions on Syria — surprising some senior Treasury officials, sources tell ...
Trump Meets With Syria’s President After Announcing Plans to Lift U.S. Sanctions on Country
The meeting came after Trump—who is in the middle of a three-country tour of the Middle East—delivered a speech on Tuesday in ...
'Too good to be true': investors eye Syria after Trump sanctions move
An end to U.S. sanctions on Syria is expected to mark a new era for an economy devastated by 13 years of war, opening the way ...
Trump meets with Syria's new leader, a former Islamist militant, after announcing sanctions to be lifted
President Trump says he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria's new government to give the country "a ...
Trump handshake caps Syrian leader’s journey from anti-U.S. insurgent to nascent Mideast partner
When the leader of Syria shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, it was a striking moment for a man who was an al-Qaida ...
Trump admin live updates: Trump praises 'young, attractive' Syrian leader
President Donald Trump said Monday the tariffs against China would "go up substantially higher" than 145% if a longer-term ...
Who Is Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa? Possible New Trump Ally
Despite his Islamist background, al-Sharaa has shown more pragmatic than ideological since the fall of President Bashar ...
Trump tosses previous taboos in reorientation of Mideast foreign policy
The day began with pomp in the Saudi capital and ended in Qatar after the U.S. leader was greeted with camels and sped to ...