https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1922329706306601271

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-will-remove-us-sanctions-syria-2025-05-13/

Trump said he would remove all sanctions against Syria, saying they had served an important function, but it was now time for Syria to move forward.

“I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump told an investment forum in Riyadh.

“It’s their time to shine. We’re taking them all off,” Trump said, “Good luck Syria, show us something very special.”

Sharaa was for years the leader of al Qaeda’s official wing in the Syrian conflict, before he severed ties with the global jihadist network in 2016.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/13/live-us-president-donald-trump-embarks-on-historic-middle-east-trip?update=3707762

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    My chud family member thinks current Syrian government bad because targeting Christians (that’s the only reason, literally nothing else, she thinks Muslims should be forcefully expelled from the “West”), I wonder if they’ll change their mind now that their king and savior Donald Trump is normalizing relations.

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    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/syria-sharaa-trump-united-states-delegation-

    Moustafa, speaking to reporters Friday morning in Washington, said al-Sharaa explicitly authorized the delegation to offer a sweeping deal to Trump, whom he said al-Sharaa believes is a “God-sent man of peace.”

    The potential deal, Moustafa said, is being made public because some of Trump’s pro-Israel advisers—including ousted National Security Advisor Michael Waltz—had deliberately blocked Trump from learning about the concessions Syria is willing to make.

    Both China and Russia have been making aggressive entreaties to get reconstruction contracts in the country … The new Syrian president, nevertheless, has expressed a preference for working with the West as a partner.

    If the U.S. is willing to do so, al-Sharaa said, Syria would invite American companies to exploit the nation’s oil and gas resources, and would work with American companies on reconstruction projects. Bass said that AT&T was explicitly mentioned as a preferred partner over Huawei.

    The deal could also include limiting the ability of Palestinian militant groups said to be aligned with Iran to operate in Syria.

    “We share the same enemies as the United States,” Bass said, summarizing what al-Sharaa told the group: “We share the same potential allies as the United States.”

    Some quotes from a Drop Sites News article last week predicting the now announced meeting and sanctions removal.

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      also lmao:

      Trump announces the cessation of US sanctions against Syria, adding: “Oh, what I do for the Crown Prince.”