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From al-Qaeda to Syria's presidency, the rise of Ahmad al-Sharaa
He's a former al-Qaeda member, but on Wednesday, new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa stood on the world stage with President ...
Analysis: After meeting Trump, Syria’s new leader must prove his willingness, capability
President Donald Trump's announcement of the cessation of U.S. sanctions, along with his meeting with Syrian interim ...
World Bank Says Syria Eligible for New Loans as Arrears Cleared
Saudi Arabia and Qatar announced in April that they would cover Syria's arrears with the multilateral development bank, which ...
The New York Sun6h
Are Trump, Democrats Too Trusting of Syria’s New Leader?
Ahmad al-Sharaa ‘is a different person than he once was,’ says Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff. Yet Sharaa’s actions do not ...
EU's Kallas proposes further loosening of Syria sanctions – document
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has proposed a further loosening of European sanctions on Syria to allow funding for ...
Exclusive-Syria Plans to Print Currency in UAE and Germany, Ending Russian Role
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria plans to print a newly-designed currency in the UAE and Germany instead of Russia, three sources ...
The Economist3d
Lifting sanctions will catalyse Syria’s recovery, says its central-bank governor
But the country must also modernise monetary policy, rewire banking and reconnect with global markets, argues Abdulkader ...
US preparing to issue some sanctions relief to Syria
The United States is likely to issue some sanctions relief to Syria in coming weeks following President Donald Trump's ...
What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s ...
The Honeymoon Is Ending in Syria
Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war.