Syria Sanctions

• Trump moves to end U.S. sanctions on Syria with executive order

  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to 'promote and support the country's path to stability and peace.'

  World

  Jun 30, 2025
  
• Trump to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria, wishes new government ‘good luck’

  Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad.

  World

  May 13, 2025
  
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• Acquittal of Halifax man shows Canada’s economic sanctions are just ‘paper tigers,’ expert says

  Canada's economic sanctions regime has been on the books since 1991 but the first trial under the legislation didn't happen until 2019. Here's how and why it all fell apart.

  Politics

  Feb 4, 2021
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• U.S. blacklists over 270 Syrian government employees believed involved in chemical weapons program

  The sanctions come weeks after a poison gas attack killed scores of people in a rebel-held province in Syria.

  World

  Apr 24, 2017
• G7 foreign ministers want to deliver united message to Russia on war in Syria

  Foreign ministers from the G7 are expected to call for a new international push to end the war in Syria

  World

  Apr 11, 2017
• Russia, China block UN sanctions targeting chemical weapons attacks in Syria

  Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on 21 Syrian individuals, organizations and companies allegedly involved in chemical weapons attacks in the country.

  World

  Feb 28, 2017