Trump suspends some Syrian sanctions

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Juan Cole

@jricole.bsky.social

Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria's reconstruction

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November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM

by Scott Lucas

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

#AhmedAlSharaa greeted by #Trump in White House

US announces 6-month waiver on most sanctions v. #Syria over #Assad regime mass killing

Trump Admin seeking Syria involvement in campaign v. #ISIS

#SyriaSanctions

Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 54m

#Syria 's President #Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted

#AhmedAlSharaa #SyriaSanctions

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Syria's President Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted - EA WorldView

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Donald Trump in White House, as US announces a six-month waiver on most sanctions against Damascus.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM

by Piers Robinson

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Dr Piers Robinson

@piersrobinson1.bsky.social

The ongoing coverup of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)/Syria CW deception, a thread:

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Thread by @PiersRobinson1 on Thread Reader App

@PiersRobinson1: To be clear, @RepMTG, the US-backed regime change war that brought al-Julani to power was underpinned by a major deception over alleged chemical weapons attacks. @RepThomasMassie @Cla...

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November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM

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by Scott Lucas

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

#Syria 's President #Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted

#AhmedAlSharaa #SyriaSanctions

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Syria's President Sharaa Visits White House as US Sanctions Partially Lifted - EA WorldView

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Donald Trump in White House, as US announces a six-month waiver on most sanctions against Damascus.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM

by Alan Sked

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by Marc Lynch

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost

@abuaardvark.bsky.social

Sharaa shoots his shot - my new piece on Trump’s attempt to lock Syria into the US regional order as an autocratic partner against Iran, and how Syrian domestic challenges and Israel could blow it up.

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Sharaa shoots his shot

Crazy things happen in world politics all the time, yes, but there really aren't many scenes as surreal as Ahmed Sharaa – not so long ago a leading jihadist insurgent in Iraq and Syria and now Syria's...

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io

November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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by Randa Slim

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by Shibley Telhami

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Shibley Telhami

@stelhami.bsky.social

Whether one thinks this remarkable shift is good or bad, it's hard to imagine it happening on the watch of any president other than the exceptionally mercurial one we have.

Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 13h

"Crazy things happen in world politics all the time, yes, but there really aren't many scenes as surreal as Ahmed Sharaa – not so long ago a leading jihadist insurgent in Iraq and Syria and now Syria's president – triumphantly visiting the White House."
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/sharaa-shoot...

Sharaa shoots his shot

Crazy things happen in world politics all the time, yes, but there really aren't many scenes as surreal as Ahmed Sharaa – not so long ago a leading jihadist insurgent in Iraq and Syria and now Syria's...

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io

November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Reposted by Mohammad Marandi

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by Shibley Telhami

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Reposted by Ronald Beiner

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