WASHINGTON — President Trump gave his final sign-off Monday to lifting longstanding US sanctions on Syria after pledging to do so last month during a trip to Saudi Arabia – in spite of the fact that the country’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is a former leader of al Qaeda. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce announced the move on a call with reporters, saying: “The interagency team, including the Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce, is actively executing the president’s bold vision for a stable, secure and peaceful Syria.” Al-Sharaa, born in Riyadh to a Syrian businessman father and raised in Damascus, fought US troops as a member of Al Qaeda in Iraq beginning in 2003.
Author: Steven Nelson
Published at: 2025-06-30 21:00:15
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