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Syria could drop demand that Israel return the Golan Heights – media
Daily News Tanzania
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July 1, 2025
SYRIA: FORMER warlord Ahmad al-Sharaa, who seized power in Syria last year, may abandon the country’s claim to sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in exchange for normalized ties with West Jerusalem, according to a report by...
Syria May Trade Golan Heights Claim
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Former militia leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who took control of Syria in the previous year, might relinquish Damascus’ longstanding claim over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in return for official diplomatic ties with West Jerusalem,...
Syria Hails Trump’s Move to Lift U.S. Sanctions
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria has warmly embraced a major executive decision by U.S. President Donald Trump, signed on Monday, which removes most American sanctions from the country. The Syrian government hailed this as a historic shift, with potential to drive...
48 Hours of Progress: Syria signs strategic agreements to boost recovery and investment
SANA
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July 1, 2025
Damascus, SANA-Syria’s post-liberation recovery is accelerating, racing to overcome years of systematic destruction under the defunct regime. Within the past 48 hours, three strategic agreements were signed in the fields of media, energy, and...
Central Bank Governor welcomes U.S. Sanctions Lift off Syria
SANA
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July 1, 2025
Damascus, SANA- The Governor of the Central Bank of Syria (CBS), Dr. Abdul Qader Husariya, welcomed the recent executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, which transforms the temporary freeze on financial and banking sanctions imposed...
'US' sovereign matter': Kremlin about lifting sanctions on Syria
TASS
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July 1, 2025
MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. The US’ decision to lift sanctions on Syria after the leadership change in that country is Washington’s sovereign affair, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, replying to a question by TASS. "This is America’s sovereign...
Trump Ends Syria Sanctions, Starts New Chapter Without Assad
Media Line
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July 1, 2025
President Donald Trump just flipped the script on two decades of US policy toward Syria. In a surprise move, he signed an executive order ending the general sanctions program on the country, effectively opening the door to a post-Assad era in...
Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Fall
Global Investigative Journalism Network
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July 1, 2025
When 54 years of Assad dynasty rule in Syria came to a somewhat abrupt end, after a series of armed rebel offensives culminated in the capture of Damascus on December 8, 2024, many Syrians were able to return to the country for the first time in...
Christian Fears Grow in Syria After the St. Elias Church Bombing
Enab Baladi
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July 1, 2025
Christian Syrians’ fears have increased following a suicide bombing at St. Elias Church in the Dweila area of Damascus. Enab Baladi – Damascus The suicide attacker carried out the attack on June 22 during the weekly Christian prayers, attended by...
Israel Signals “Cold Peace” as Security Talks with Post-Assad Syria Advance
Watan
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July 1, 2025
Watan-Israel has scaled back expectations for an anticipated agreement with Syria, saying it will take time to achieve and will likely result in a “cold peace” at best during the initial phase. According to the Hebrew-language news site Walla,...
Air Arabia resumes flights to Damascus starting July 10
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality July 2025 142 Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, starting July 10, 2025. Air...
Will Syria normalise relations with Israel?
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 1, 2025
After nearly 14 years of war in Syria, the new government is resetting its regional relations, and a lot of focus is on what will happen with Israel. There are reports of talks between Syria and Israel, with timelines even being floated for...
US eases Syria sanctions amid reports of HTS regime ceding occupied Golan to Israel
Press TV
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ease Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Syria amid circulating reports regarding plans by the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led regime to hand over the occupied Golan Heights to...
Which US sanctions on Syria were lifted and what comes next?
The New Arab
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July 1, 2025
The US has officially ended the vast majority of sanctions on Syria, following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday. The move comes more than six months after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose decades-long rule...
Preliminary Israel-Syria talks begin under Trump's watch: report
The New Arab
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July 1, 2025
Israel has refused to give up control of the Golan Heights, saying the territory was "non-negotiable" in any peace talks [Michael Giladi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty] US President Donald Trump's administration has begun preliminary talks to...
Trump Eases Syria Sanctions
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has significantly relaxed longstanding American restrictions imposed on Syria, scaling back much of the sanctions framework that had been in place for decades. In a notable shift, he has also called for a...
Trump lifts US sanctions on Syria, maintains pressure on Assad and associates
Khaleej Times
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President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a US sanctions programme on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild...
US Revokes Chunk Of Syria Sanctions
RTTNews
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July 1, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order lifting majority of U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria. In the order, Trump said that he is waiving a number of sanctions imposed on Syria under the former regime of Bashar al-Assad because there...
Trump signs ends U.S. sanctions on Syria with executive order
Fortune
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending many U.S. economic sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise he made to the country’s new interim leader. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was...
Trump lifts major wave of U.S. sanctions on Syria
The Arabian Stories
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July 1, 2025
WASHINGTON : U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday, rolling, taking back many of the U.S. economic sanctions on Syria. This move fulfils a pledge he made to Syria’s newly formed interim leadership with the Syrian Leader. Karoline...