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Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that sanctions on Syria will be lifted. Following the decision, people in Damascus took to the streets in celebration.
Damascus resident Farhan Al-Saleh thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He said, “Their support has been with us since the first day of the revolution.”
Trump said he made the decision after talks with the Saudi Crown Prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, both of whom had called for the sanctions to be removed.
Trump stated that while the sanctions had served their purpose in the past, now it was time for Syria to move forward. He also said that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would meet with his Syrian counterpart this week.
Previous U.S. sanctions had damaged Syria’s economy by cutting it off from the global financial system and discouraging foreign investment and trade.
The timing of the decision is significant, coming just before a planned meeting with Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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