“I think I will, yeah,” Trump said when asked if he would rescind Syria’s designation while sitting alongside Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Turkey. “Why wouldn’t I? He’s done a great job … I think we should. Yeah, I will.”
“Lifting sanctions on Syria will unlock international trade and investment, give Syria a chance to rebuild, and open up a new chapter for the Syrian people,” Rubio said in a statement. “A stable, unified Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors benefits not only the region, but the entire world.”
The move could help enable Syria’s reintegration into the global economy, opening the door for greater international investment, trade, and stability in the country as it recovers from a nearly 14-year civil war.
“Syria’s SST designation represents the most significant remaining legal impediment to Syria’s reconstruction,” read the letter, from Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina. “Its removal could create new opportunity for foreign investment, economic development and capacity building to ensure the Syrians can remain capable and willing partners to the United States.”
Al-Sharaa himself was previously designated on terrorist lists by the U.S. and the United Nations along with the Islamist militant group he led during the civil war, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The group originated as an affiliate of al-Qaeda under a different name, before breaking ties and establishing itself as the dominant rebel group in northwest Syria, where it fought against Assad’s forces, ISIS, and rival factions.
Trump previously signed an Executive Order lifting most of the U.S. sanctions against Syria last June, similarly citing “positive actions taken by the new Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa.” The order, which Rubio referenced in his Wednesday statement, additionally directed the Secretary of State to review the country’s designation as a state sponsor of terror and other sanctions.
Congress then in December approved repealing the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, which was enacted during Trump’s first Administration and imposed sweeping sanctions against Syria under the previous government led by President Bashar al-Assad.
“In the past year and a half, we have achieved a great accomplishment in unifying the country and setting it on the right path,” al-Sharaa said while speaking beside Trump on Wednesday. "This is thanks to the strong Syrian people and to the historic decision made by Trump to lift the sanctions on Syria. "It is also thanks to the help of all our friends in the region.”
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