President Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first meeting between nations' leaders in 25 years

Will Trump’s order to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria be followed?

Trump has ordered the end of U.S. sanctions in Syria. But some factions in Washington want to slow down or stop sanctions relief.

Trump Rolls The Dice On Syria

President Donald Trump is taking a gamble by attempting to normalize ties with Syria that could forever change the makeup of the tumultuous region.

What's behind Trump's change of heart in Syria

President Donald Trump recently proclaimed that long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria, a U.S. adversary in the Middle East since the beginning of the Cold War, would be lifted.

Senate panel leaders back Trump's lifting of sanctions on Syria

The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday offered rare bipartisan support for an executive action this week by President Donald Trump — the lifting of longstanding U.S. sanctions on Syria in a bid to offer the Arab country’s new government a chance after 14 years of civil war. Trump made the sanctions announcement Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the start of the first major foreign trip of his second administration. H…

Michael Weiss: All Bribes Accepted

American taxpayers may have flown Donald Trump to the Middle East, but he's not there to negotiate on behalf of our strategic or national interests—he's on the prowl for goodies from the people who get what makes him tick. Like, the new Syrian president offering a Trump Tower in Damascus: Zap, sanctions on Syria are over. Or the jumbo jet-giving Qataris requesting that Trump go 'easy' on Iran: 'Not a problem, no sirree.' Sorry to all the hawkish…

Trump's Pledge to Lift Syrian Sanctions Faces a Complex Road

US President Donald Trump says he’s ready to ease sanctions on Syria. He won’t be able to do it quickly.