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

Trump’s pledge to lift Syrian sanctions faces a complex road

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

The lifting of US sanctions against Syria makes investors excited. They promise good business. However, experts fear that it will take time for such a move to significantly improve the lives of Syrians.

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.

EDITORIAL. The lifting of the American sanctions imposed on Syria is a relief to the Syrian people, but it leaves the whole question of the intercommunal violence to which the transitional authorities must put an end.

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…

Is US sanctions relief a 'pivotal turning point' for Syria?

US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria could stabilize Syria on many levels. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions.