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Trump Tower Damascus? Syria seeks to charm US president for sanctions relief
A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed ...
Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader
Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year ...
Syrian foreign minister says lifting of sanctions 'new start' for reconstruction
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said on Tuesday the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to lift sanctions on ...
Trump to remove US sanctions on Syria in major policy shift
By Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid, Nafisa Eltahir and Timour Azhari RIYADH/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on ...
Trump will end Syria sanctions to 'give them a chance at greatness'
President Trump, speaking in Saudi Arabia, said he will order the end of sanctions against Syria to normalize relations with ...
Syria faces renewed sectarian violence as government fails to deliver inclusivity
A recent surge in violence against Syria’s Druze religious community has reportedly seen over 100 people killed since the ...
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The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse?
Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, signed a historic ...
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Syria looks to rebuild as Damascus hosts major trade exhibitions
DAMASCUS - As Syria continues to emerge from the shadows of a 14-year civil war, a series of specialized trade fairs kicked off this week in Damascus, focusing on construction, energy, and ...
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As Syria’s Druze minority reels from violence, Israel pursues an opening
Other community leaders warned that Israel was exacerbating distrust between the Druze and Syria’s wider population. But as violence broke out late last month in the Damascus suburbs ...