Trump will sign executive order to terminate Syria sanctions, White House says


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after one month since the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order terminating U.S. sanctions on Syria, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

The move follows through on Trump's decision in May to unwind the measures to help Syria rebuild after a devastating civil war.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland)

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