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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Syria sanctions

A cropped handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace shows US President Donald Trump (R) shaking hands with Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP)
May 24, 2025, 6:39 am
After Trump announcement, Treasury Department says US formally lifting Syria sanctions
Sweeping economic relief doesn’t include removal of Sharaa’s HTS from terror blacklist; some US officials pushed for phased approach that would include normalizing ties with Israel
By ABBY SEWELL and Ellen Knickmeyer
Syrian men speak on their phones on a street in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP/Omar Sanadiki)
May 22, 2025, 12:10 pm
US removal of sanctions would provide boon for cash-starved Syria, and perhaps beyond
Lifting sweeping Caesar Act implemented in 2022 will open door to desperately needed international investment, bolstering stability and maybe even helping lead to trade with Israel
By Nurit Yohanan
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
May 13, 2025, 11:53 pm
Visiting Riyadh, Trump tells Saudi Arabia: You’ll join Abraham Accords in your own time
US president acknowledges hosts not rushing to normalize ties with current Israeli government as Gaza conflict rages, says he’s working to end the war ‘as quickly as possible,’ return all hostages; only mentions Israel once
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the top of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon along with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (right) and other troops, December 17, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
April 27, 2025, 1:26 am
GOP lawmaker cautions Israel against ‘dividing’ Syria, after meeting with Sharaa
Marlin Stutzman says new Syrian leader signaled openness to Israel normalization, but listed concerns to be addressed first, notably not including progress toward Palestinian state
By Jacob Magid
A Syrian woman speaks with an employee at a currency exchange shop in Damascus on April 16, 2025 (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
April 26, 2025, 9:28 am
Syrian response to US conditions for sanctions relief: We won’t threaten Israel
Letter sent by new rulers in Damascus also promises to crack down on Palestinian groups operating in Syria, vows to tackle chemical weapons stockpiles
By Reuters
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa holds a joint press conference following a meeting with the Turkish president, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, February 4, 2025. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 8:48 pm
Ahmed al-Sharaa said to seek peace with Israel, eyes Syrian entry to Abraham Accords
In desperate push for removal of US sanctions, Islamist leader tells American lawmaker Syria wants to normalize ties with Jerusalem ‘under the right conditions’
By Nava Freiberg
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with officials and local leaders in the western coastal city of Tartus, Syria, in a handout photo issued on February 16, 2025. (Syrian Presidency / AFP)
February 24, 2025, 2:14 pm
EU lifts Assad-era sanctions on Syria’s banking, transport and energy sectors
Foreign ministers in Brussels say they’ll monitor developments to ensure move remains appropriate; bloc had conditioned relief on rebel leader eschewing religious extremism
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Stacks of Syrian pound banknotes are piled on top of each other at a currency trader's stall at a market in the city of Manbij, currently controlled by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army faction, in Syria's northern Aleppo province on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 1:47 pm
US to ease curbs on supplies to Syria but keep sanctions in place
Outgoing Biden administration intends move as goodwill gesture to country’s new rulers, while maintaining leverage to ensure Islamists keep promise to form inclusive government
By Reuters
In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in Douma, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
October 22, 2021, 10:41 pm
Syria lined pockets with millions in aid using distorted exchange rate — study
Think tank says manipulations helped Damascus evade sanctions and deny help to worst hit in civil war-wracked country; UN reviewing donations
By Sarah El Deeb
Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, center left, receives Iran's new Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, left, in Damascus, Syria, August 29, 2021. (SANA via AP)
August 30, 2021, 12:14 am
Iran and Syria vow to confront ‘economic terrorism’ of US sanctions
Meeting his Syrian counterpart, Iran’s new Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says two countries will aim to reduce pressure on their peoples
By Albert Aji
The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands (photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong)
April 20, 2021, 12:53 pm
Syria faces sanctions from chemical weapons watchdog, rejects attack claims
Damascus accused of failing to answer key questions after watchdog probe found its air force bombed Lataminah village with sarin and chlorine in 2017
By Danny Kemp
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 21, 2016 (Syrian Presidency via AP)
October 8, 2020, 11:29 pm
Assad: No talks with Israel without return of Golan Heights to Syria 
Statement dispels speculation Damascus may negotiate with Jerusalem in order to lift US sanctions that shattered its economy
By ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses the parliament, in Damascus, Syria, August 12, 2020. (SANA via AP)
August 13, 2020, 9:49 am
Syrian president slams US sanctions in speech to parliament
Bashar Assad calls restrictions imposed under Caesar Act an ‘escalation’ intended to ‘strangle’ Syria’s citizens; during address leader has to pause, citing low blood sugar
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin has traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, a key Iranian ally. The rare visit Tuesday comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and the United States following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general who led forces supporting Assad in Syria's civil war. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
July 29, 2020, 7:49 pm
US imposes sanctions on teenage son of Syrian leader Assad
18-year-old Hafez Assad, named after his grandfather, will not be allowed to travel or maintain assets in the United States
By AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference, Damascus, Syria, March 12, 2016. (AFP/Louai Behsara)
June 23, 2020, 3:44 pm
Syria refuses to ‘bow’ to US sanctions and accept ‘normalization with Israel’
FM Muallem decries Caesar Act as an attempt to undermine support for dictator Assad and force him to ‘abandon’ his alliances
By AFP
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