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The U.S. aims to rebuild ties with Syria by lifting sanctions on its interim president and interior minister to support Syria’s entry into the anti-Islamic State coalition.
- The United States is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and government members ahead of his visit to the White House.
- Al-Sharaa's visit to Washington will be the first by a Syrian president since the country's independence in 1946, and Syria is expected to join the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition during the visit.
- The effort is part of Trump's strategy to rebuild relations with Syria after the Assad family's 50-year rule ended in December when Bashar Assad was ousted.
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US Proposes Resolution to End UN Sanctions on Syria
The United States has submitted a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council to remove sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The Associated Press obtained the draft resolution, expected to go up for a vote as early as Thursday. It requires the support of nine members and no vetoes from “China, Russia, Britain, France, and the United States.” Announcing al-Sharaa’s upcoming visit to the White House, Press Secretary Karoline Leavit…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa began a foreign tour that includes Brazil and the United States, in the first visit of its kind by a Syrian president to South America, and the first official visit to Washington in decades...
US presses UN to lift sanctions on Syria’s president
The United States is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House. In a draft resolution obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, the US is proposing that the 15-member council drop a series of sanctions tied to al-Sharaa and Syria's interior minister, Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put up for a vote as early as T…
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US proposes the UN lift sanctions on Syria's leader ahead of White House visit
The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House.
U.S. proposes U.N. lift sanctions on Syria's leader ahead of White House visit
The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government ahead of a historic visit to the White House.
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