Trump is expected to sign an executive order ending US sanctions on Syria

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to motion an enforcement bid connected Monday ending U.S. sanctions connected Syria, pursuing done connected his earlier committedness to bash so.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said the determination was designed to “promote and enactment the country's way to stableness and peace.” Sanctions volition stay successful spot connected erstwhile President Bashar Assad, his associates and others, she said.

The U.S. granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions successful May, which was a archetypal measurement toward fulfilling the Republican president’s pledge to assistance a half-century of penalties connected a state shattered by 13 years of civilian war.

Trump met with Syria’s interim leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, successful Saudi Arabia successful May and told Al-Sharaa that helium would assistance sanctions and research normalizing relations successful a large argumentation displacement betwixt the U.S. and Syria.

“This is different committedness made and committedness kept,” Leavitt said Monday.

The European Union has besides followed done with lifting astir each remaining sanctions connected Syria.

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