{"id":23239,"date":"2025-06-11T08:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=23239"},"modified":"2025-07-07T04:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:49:59","slug":"trump-meets-with-syrias-interim-president-after-pledging-to-lift-sanctions-on-war-torn-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/trump-meets-with-syrias-interim-president-after-pledging-to-lift-sanctions-on-war-torn-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump meets with Syria’s interim president after pledging to lift sanctions on war-torn country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump announces he’ll lift sanctions on Syria<\/a><\/h4>\n

President Donald Trump announced he will lift “brutal and crippling” sanctions on Syria, implemented under ousted President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> met with Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Wednesday, a day after lifting all sanctions<\/a> on Syria, marking a major shift in policy.<\/p>\n

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The last time a meeting between the two countries’ leadership was with former President Bill Clinton in 2000.<\/p>\n

Trump met with al-Sharaa for an informal chat on the sidelines of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where he was set to address leaders as part of his four-day regional tour.<\/p>\n

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TRUMP SAYS HE’LL DROP SANCTIONS ON SYRIA IN MOVE TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump (C) meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara (L) along with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (R) during the first leg of his three-country Middle East tour in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025.\u00a0 (Bandar Al-Jaloud\/Saudi Royal Court\/Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump stated at the summit this was a step toward peace<\/a> and rebuilding relations with Syria\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

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“We are currently exploring normalizing relations with Syria\u2019s new government, as you know, beginning with my meeting with President Ahmed Al-Shara and Secretary Rubio’s meeting with the Syrian Foreign Minister in Turkey after discussing the situation with Crown Prince Mohammed,” Trump said at the broader summit.<\/p>\n

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This combination of photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025 and Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I’m also ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria to give them a fresh start. It gives them a chance for greatness. The sanctions were really crippling, very powerful,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Syrians were seen and heard celebrating the announcement by Trump that he would move to lift sanctions on the beleaguered Middle Eastern nation.<\/p>\n

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Syrian people flocked to the streets in the capital Damascus to celebrate US President Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions. (Amadeusz Mikolaj Swierk\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST TOUR BEGINS WITH SYRIA LOOMING AS STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A statement from Syria\u2019s Foreign Ministry called the announcement “a pivotal turning point for the Syrian people as we seek to emerge from a long and painful chapter of war.”<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also scheduled to meet with his Syrian counterpart later in the week. (AP\/Jacquelyn Martin\/Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump says he feels strongly that this new endeavor will give Syria a great chance at a fresh start.<\/p>\n

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“I felt very strongly that this would give them a chance,” said the president. “It’s not going to be easy anyway, so it gives them a good, strong chance. And it was my honor to do so, so we will be dropping all of the sanctions on Syria, which I think really is going to be a good thing.”<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> is also scheduled to meet with his Syrian counterpart later in the week.<\/p>\n

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Trump announces he’ll lift sanctions on Syria President Donald Trump announced he will lift “brutal and crippling” sanctions on Syria, implemented under ousted President Bashar al-Assad. President Donald Trump met with Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Wednesday, a day after lifting all sanctions on Syria, marking a major shift in policy. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24645,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23239\/revisions\/24645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}