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US removes sanctions on Syrian president ahead of meeting with Trump
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Syria President Ahmad Al-Sharaa approaches the podium to speak during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
The United States removes sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same, ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump next week.
Sharaa, whose Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted longtime leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime, was affiliated for many years with al-Qaeda and was sought for prosecution as a terrorist.
According to a notice on the US Treasury Department website, the United States removed Specially Designated Global Terrorist designations from both Sharaa and Syria’s interior minister, Anas Khattab.
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