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After 46 years of sanctions, President Trump announced this afternoon the lifting of all sanctions on Syria. What prompted President Trump to do this now? What will this mean for Syria? We turned to CSIS Middle East expert Natasha Hall for answers.

Trump on Al Sharaa: "Great guy. A young attractive guy. Strong past. Fighter...He [Erdogan] thinks he has a real shot" On whether Syria will join Abraham Accords but "It's a torn up country...They have to get themselves straightened out" an unexpected level of pragmatism

Speaking to CNN about Trump's pledge to remove #Syria sanctions, Natasha Hall says, “The fact that he (Trump) did it so publicly and from Riyadh I think is a sort of tacit approval for those who are looking to invest in Syria potentially as well.” amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/14…

Investors eye Syria after Trump's sanctions move despite uncertainty. UAE-based Syrian billionaire Ghassan Aboud floats a multi-billion $ arts/culture/education plan to Reuters Lebanese businesses already lining up Turkish firms & banks see opportunity reuters.com/world/middle-e…

My thoughts on the day Trump announced the cessation of sanctions in Syria, what this means, and what needs to come next. BBC

.Secretary Marco Rubio says President Donald J. Trump will use waivers included in the CAESAR Act to lift initial sanctions, but will work toward the repeal of CEASAR Act

NEW - Syria signs $800m MOU with Dubai Ports to develop Tartous port — state media

Interested in #Syria? I'll be speaking online alongside Wa'el N. Alzayat & Natasha Hall *tomorrow* at 12pm ET. RSVP here: secure.everyaction.com/3PR2kJfjAkWycr…

"you will find it hard to raise good children in an environment that normalizes killing children." -Galia Oz, the daughter of celebrated Israeli author Amos Oz. haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

Syria Sanctions NEW: GL 25 to suspend sanctions and waiver issued for Caesar Terrorism designations and individual sanctions still in play #Syria home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

My latest with colleague Ninar on the next steps for Syria in Foreign Affairs. In short, clear the path of spoilers to allow Syria to recover. The announcement of sanctions relief is an incredible first step but it isn't the only one. foreignaffairs.com/syria/can-syri…

DOHA, May 28 (Reuters) - The Syrian government is set to sign deal on Thursday with four companies to expand its electrical grid by 5,000 megawatts through the development of gas turbines and solar plants, according to a company media invitation. The agreement launching the

Spoke to Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu @bloomberg on Iran nuclear talks and Syria's future. It's about the new red line: uranium enrichment. And if the Iranians can convince him that he's getting a better deal than the JCPOA & override Israel. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

Excellent piece about what the international community can do to help Syria recover from more than a decade of civil war

US Syria envoy Barrack calls Kurdish SDF chief Mazloum as Turkey proposes a meeting in Damascus with Mazloum and either Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan or Turkey's intelligence chief Amberin Zaman

Talked to BBC News (UK) on US Ambassador to Turkey’s visit to Damascus, another set of announcements and deals, and the road ahead in Syria

Washington allows Syria to merge 1000s of foreign fighters into the new army. Timour Azhari A big switch from insisting all foreign fighters leave, which always seemed problematic. Methinks this decision happened after conversations w/ countries that might be taking them.

BBC confirms for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the Assad regime. We knew this but it's probably bigger than Tice. Many others were likely taken by different groups & handed to the regime. bbc.com/news/articles/…

For regimes everywhere, the lesson they are learning is keep nuclear weapons programs or develop them as fast as they can to survive #Iran #Israel #Ukraine #Libya

BREAKING - BLAST ROCKS CHURCH IN CENTRAL DAMASCUS — WITNESSES It took place at Mar Elias Church in Dweilaa neighborhood during Sunday prayers.