US EditionRubio Says Syria Could Be Weeks Away From 'Full-Scale Civil War'
- On May 20, 2025, Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, cautioned that Syria might be just weeks away from descending into a devastating and large-scale civil war amid growing instability.
- This warning followed years of brutal conflict since 2011, recent sectarian attacks targeting Alawite and Druze minorities, and ongoing challenges faced by Syria's transitional authorities.
- The US and European Union recently lifted many economic sanctions on Syria to enable aid and investment, despite Syria remaining designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
- Rubio noted that the individuals leading the transitional government failed to clear the FBI's background screening, but he suggested that attempting to work with them could either succeed or fail.
- The potential collapse of the transitional government and Syria’s fragmentation risks greater violence, while lifted sanctions offer a chance for rebuilding if minority protections and stability improve.
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US ‘hopeful’ on Syrian progress on destroying chemical weapons, searching for missing Americans
The Syrian government’s apparent progress ought to also “set expectations for what must come next,” a U.S. diplomat told the United Nations Security Council.The post US ‘hopeful’ on Syrian progress on destroying chemical weapons, searching for missing Americans appeared first…
UN envoy said Syria sees cautious optimism
Pedersen’s statement came at a briefing session to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Syria, speaking via videoconference from this capital. He warned that the country faces significant structural challenges, with an economy damaged by more than a decade of war and conflict, and a range of other destabilizing factors, and asserted that economic recovery depends on comprehensive reform. The UN official welcomed the lifting of US, Europ…
The U.S. Warns that Syria Could Be “in Weeks of a Large-Scale Civil War”
President Trump received last week in Riyadh the new Syrian leader, former jihadist Al Sharaa, and lifted the sanctions imposed during the era of Bashar al Assad. But he is far from satisfied with the actions of the acting Syrian president, because he believes that they are creating the conditions for the country to split again and face “in a large-scale civil war.” In those terms, the U.S. Senate has expressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, wh…
Syrians hope for economic recovery after West lifts sanctions
At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country's economy after years of war and isolation."We were totally cut off from the world," said Shammaa, 45, who has been running the exchange shop since 2008.With the lifting of sanctions, "we hope that the Syrian economy will start to recover both gradually and quickly", he told AFP.
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