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Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as ...
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Trump’s decision to lift sanctions is a triumph for Syria’s president
Still, dismantling the punishing sanctions regime will take some time. Repealing the most restrictive will take an act of ...
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Rubio says Syria could be weeks away from 'full-scale civil war'
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that Syria could be weeks away from a fresh civil war of "epic proportions," ...
The fall of Assad’s informant state leaves Syria riven by betrayals
Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...
The EU says it will lift sanctions on Syria but leave those on the former Assad regime
An insurgency late last year unseated former Syrian President Bashar Assad and ended the civil war that decimated much of the country’s infrastructure. The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrians ...