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Trump Welcomes Syria’s New Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa as US Lifts Sanctions
President Donald Trump on Monday welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the White House as the administration moved to formally lift decades of U.S. sanctions on Damascus. The Treasury Department announced new rules that will end most trade restrictions and suspend key provisions of the Caesar Act, clearing the way for United States and foreign investment in Syria’s reconstruction.
The policy shift, outlined in an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) advisory released Monday, keeps sanctions in place against former President Bashar al-Assad, human rights abusers, and drug traffickers but opens broad civilian and commercial channels...