US EditionUS Proposes the UN Lift Sanctions on Syria’s Leader Ahead of White House Visit
The U.S. seeks to ease sanctions on Syrian leaders amid a policy shift, with a resolution requiring nine Security Council votes and no vetoes to pass.
- On Tuesday, the United States proposed a U.N. Security Council draft to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab, pushing to advance it before al-Sharaa's White House meeting on Monday.
- After a major policy shift this year, President Donald Trump announced that the United States has been urging the United Nations Security Council to ease Syria sanctions.
- A resolution requires at least nine votes and no vetoes by the permanent five, while the sanctions committee has regularly granted Ahmed al-Sharaa travel exemptions this year, allowing a likely White House visit even if not adopted before Monday.
- The visit would be the first by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington since 1946, and Syria is expected to join the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition.
- U.N. monitors reported no `active ties` this year between al Qaeda and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , while 16.5 million Syrians need protection and nearly 3 million face acute food insecurity.
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US Proposes Resolution to End UN Sanctions on Syria
The United States has submitted a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council to remove sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The Associated Press obtained the draft resolution, expected to go up for a vote as early as Thursday. It requires the support of nine members and no vetoes from “China, Russia, Britain, France, and the United States.” Announcing al-Sharaa’s upcoming visit to the White House, Press Secretary Karoline Leavit…
US presses UN to lift sanctions on Syria’s president
The United States is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House. In a draft resolution obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, the US is proposing that the 15-member council drop a series of sanctions tied to al-Sharaa and Syria's interior minister, Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put up for a vote as early as T…
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US proposes the UN lift sanctions on Syria's leader ahead of White House visit
The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House.
U.S. asks UN to lift sanctions on Syria's leader ahead of White House visit
The U.S. draft would lift sanctions on President al-Sharaa and his interior minister ahead of the Syrian leader's White House visit, signaling Washington's push to ease restrictions, though a Security Council veto could still block it
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