President Trump said on Monday that he’s considering lifting sanctions on Syria as the country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammed al-Jolani), is looking to make a deal with the US.
Trump said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had asked the US to lift sanctions on Syria. “We’re going to have to make a decision on the sanctions, which we may very well relieve. We may take them off of Syria because we want to give them a fresh start,” he said.
US sanctions on Syria have had a devastating impact on the civilian population and were imposed to aid in the regime change effort. Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in 2021 that it was the policy of the US to “oppose the reconstruction of Syria until there is irreversible progress toward a political solution.”
Sharaa, who founded al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria and later rebranded it as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), recently met with US business leaders in Damascus and offered to take a series of steps to get sanctions relief.
According to a Reuters report, Sharaa has suggested an economic deal that would give the US access to Syria’s oil and gas and the building of a Trump tower in Damascus. He has also said that Syria could potentially normalize relations with Israel.
Israel celebrated the regime change that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on December 8, because he was an ally of Iran. But since then, the Israeli military has invaded southern Syria and is planning an indefinite occupation of the recently captured territory using the alleged threat of the HTS-led government as a pretext.
The Israeli military has also conducted heavy airstrikes across Syria and recently bombed areas near the presidential palace in Damascus in a threat to Sharaa, even though he’s been open to normalizing relations with Israel.
Despite Israel’s aggression, Sharaa continues to make clear he’s open to a normalization deal, something President Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has previously suggested.
Both Trump and Sharaa will be in Saudi Arabia this week, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly trying to set up a meeting between the two leaders. Sharaa is designated as a terrorist by the US due to his al-Qaeda history, and HTS is still on the US’s list of “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.”
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter….
No, those who specifically target civilian populations are terrorists.
No, those who use human shields to hide terrorists and military assets are terrorists.
In other words, both Hamas and the IDF are terrorists. Thanks for clearing that up.
No, Israel responded to the terrorism, Hamas could have end this mess that they initiated at any time in the last 19 months by laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages.
The only terrorist is the fake child murdering regime calling itself "Israel" that is collapsing under the weight of its own genocidal corruption. The so-called "Israelis" are leaving in droves daily and migrating to NYC metro area, SoCal, and other Zionist points of interest in the US.
Are you in Tel Aviv enjoying the daily strikes from Yemen or comfortably numb in the US spreading the hasbara without any such worries?
And Europe.
So you still believe Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran's Islamic regime, and Yemen's Islamic regime are the real winners here? —We all know that under their leadership they are all bastions of human rights, woman's rights, religious rights, gay rights, and freedom of speech, press, and expression.
If there were power rankings for terrorist organizations like there are in the sporting world, Israel would be a unanimous choice as #1. It's really unfair to even list Hamas, or any other "designated" terrorist organization, in the same class as Israel. It would be like having a freshmen high school football team ranked in the same class as Ohio State.
Trump is such a "good man." First, he assists in destroying Syria and kills untold amount of people. He steals their oil. Now that he has his puppet Jolani in power and Israel can steal all the land they want, he's ready to lift US sanctions to help the Syrian people.
A true man of peace!
The League of Arab States reinstated Syria's membership on May 7, 2023, after suspending it in 2011 following President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on protesters. This ended a 12-year suspension and marked a significant shift in regional relations. The decision was made by Arab foreign ministers at the League of Arab Nations headquarters in Cairo.
Iran has now lost their supply route to Hezbollah through Syria, and that is what has you pisssed off.
The prime cause was Assad and the Islamic Republic of Iran, not Israel.
BBC: The Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, was sparked by widespread protests against the autocratic rule of President Bashar al-Assad, fueled by the Arab Spring uprisings and widespread social and economic discontent. The government's violent response to the protests, including the use of deadly force, escalated the conflict and led to a full-blown civil war.
He is playing Santa Claus all around now. Lifts sanctions in Syria, snubs Netanyahu a bit for world's consumption, frees a Hamas POW, brags about having made a peace deal between India and Pakistan, says that Ukraine peace deal is just about done and makes love with rich Arab nations. Oh I forgot, brings white South Africans to America and offering them speedy citizenship.
Hail to the king.
Wikipedia: The Syrian civil war is an ongoing conflict in Syria that began with the Syrian Revolution in March 2011 when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region. The Assad regime responded to protests with lethal force, sparking a civil war that culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. All revolutionary factions united into the Syrian caretaker government by 12 March 2025.
What is your verifiable source?
Wikipedia has never been a reliable source per its own admission, but rather a propaganda arm of the US State Department and its Unit 8200 partners in Tel Aviv. No one knows exactly when Wikimedia was taken over, but the propaganda line is quite obvious.
How much do you get paid to spread this hasbara?
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and lists its sources. If you have any contradictory documentation, please educate the readers.
Taking cheap shots at me will not change the facts. If you want to go to direct sources, try UnitedNations.Org or The League of Arab nations, who suspended Syria for their actions until last year when Assad was removed.
It’s good for info on plant species and things like that.
Political info: nope, propaganda.
According to a Reuters report, Sharaa has suggested an economic deal that would give the US access to Syria’s oil and gas and the building of a Trump tower in Damascus. He has also said that Syria could potentially normalize relations with Israel.
Sharra knows Trump well.
He’s screwing the pro Palestinian groups to boot.