The president promised to ease sanctions on the war-torn nation when he met with its new leader this month. Most financial ...

The Trump administration issued orders Friday to begin easing sanctions on Syria, marking a major policy shift after US ...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former militant commander who led the overthrow, says he is working to build an ...

Sharaa's surprise visit to Istanbul followed his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. View on euronews ...

The US has taken a major step toward easing severe sanctions on Syria imposed during the Assad dictatorship, which was overthrown by rebels last December after a nearly 14-year civil war.

The meeting comes after US and EU agreed to lift sanctions to allow the civil war-hit country to recover and rebuild.

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25 to provide ...