Trump Vows to Lift Sanctions on Syria in Wake of Assad Fall
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President Donald Trump said he’ll lift US sanctions against Syria following the toppling of former President Bashar al-Assad, a boost to the war-ravaged country’s ambitions of rejoining the international community.
“I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump said in an address to a Saudi-US investment summit in Riyadh on Tuesday. “It’s their time to shine.”