WASHINGTON, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S.–Syria Business Council (USSBC) applauds today’s announcement by the Trump Administration lifting comprehensive sanctions and export controls on Syria …
Trump Will Lift Sanctions on Syria After Massive Business Deal Offer
Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will lift all U.S. sanctions on Syria, but the timing of the lifted international penalties was remarkably suspicious. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions …
The Women Who Helped Defeat ISIS Are Fighting for Their Place in the New Syria
Kurdish forces that have elevated women are wary of the Islamist values of Syria’s new governors.
How Syria’s first elections since autocrat Assad’s ouster are expected to unfold
Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December.
Emirati magnate Khalaf al-Habtoor says he plans to invest in war-torn Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — Emirati business magnate Khalaf al-Habtoor said Tuesday that he plans to invest in projects including car dealerships and a network of buses in Syria, as the country struggles to …
Iran escalates proxy ops in Middle East as Trump begins pulling troops from Iraq
US withdrawal from Iraq poses serious threat of a power vacuum as Iran has drastically expanded is operations across Syria and Iraq.
US downsizing Iraq presence to focus on ‘potential resurgence’ of ISIS in Syria
The U.S. effort to fight ISIS will refocus on Syria as troops draw down from Iraq over the next year, a defense official said.
Q&A: Syria’s New Property Law
The Syrian government is poised to confiscate and redevelop residents’ property without due process or compensation under a new property law, Law No. 10 of 2018. The law, which the government is …
Protecting Syrian Property Rights
On October 18, a high-level UN official reported that Syria’s notorious Law 10 – which allows authorities to seize property without due process or adequate compensation – has been withdrawn by the …
Syrian state seizes opponents’ property, rights activists say
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s government has been using a little-known anti-terrorism law to seize property from dissidents and their families as it takes back control of areas that were held by rebel …