US Special Envoy for Syria has compared militant-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa to George Washington
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dismantling much of the decades-old sanctions program imposed on Syria and has ordered a review of the terrorist designation of Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led a coalition of Islamist forces that toppled the previous government of Bashar al-Assad.
Trump signed the order on Monday, easing broad financial restrictions while maintaining targeted sanctions against Assad and his former government, which was deposed late last year by militants led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
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