President Donald Trump is scheduled to host Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa on Monday in what U.S. officials are calling a historic opening in Washington’s diplomacy with Damascus. After more than a decade of isolation, war and mutual hostility between the U.S. and
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday lifting sanctions on Syria, the latest step in warming relations between Trump and Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. The executive order, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions, will terminate various sanctions programs