By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MATTHEW LEE, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is anticipated to signal an government order on Monday ending U.S. sanctions on Syria, following by way of on his earlier promise to take action.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the transfer was designed to “promote and assist the nation’s path to stability and peace.” Sanctions will stay in place on former President Bashar Assad, his associates and others, she stated.
The U.S. granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions in Could, which was a primary step towards fulfilling the Republican president’s pledge to carry a half-century of penalties on a rustic shattered by 13 years of civil conflict.
Trump met with Syria’s interim chief, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Saudi Arabia in Could and advised Al-Sharaa that he would carry sanctions and discover normalizing relations in a significant coverage shift between the U.S. and Syria.
“That is one other promise made and promise stored,” Leavitt stated Monday.
The European Union has additionally adopted by way of with lifting almost all remaining sanctions on Syria.
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