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President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...
The U.S. has removed Syria's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from its terror list, signaling a shift in policy amid evolving political ...
The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.
The Trump administration is lifting the terrorism designation of a Syrian group after Assad's ouster, signaling improved ...
The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...
The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global ...
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Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
The president’s new national security memo on Cuba reaffirms his old policy of punishment, which does nothing for US interests ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met ...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defined his rule and Iran’s place in the world through his hostility to Israel and the US. Last ...
As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...
The shoe removal rule was first implemented in 2006, but its origin dates back to a 2001 “shoe bomber” plot aboard an American Airlines flight.