Syria

Syria Wildfires (Moawia Atrash/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) United Nations teams have deployed to the Syrian coastal region to help control the massive wildfires that destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, according to The Associated Press. The fires had destroyed “hundreds of thousands of trees” covering an area estimated at 10,000 hectares (38.6 square miles),…

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, January 11, 2025. (Photo: Lebanese Prime Minister Office via Reuters) Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, assessed in a Thursday interview that peace with Syria and Lebanon might be reached before a potential normalization…

The Trump administration on Friday lifted a wide range of sanctions against Syria, the first major step to fulfill a promise made this month by President Donald Trump to help the country rebuild after over a decade of devastating war. The Treasury Department lifted sweeping regulations that had banned U.S.…

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History. By STEVEN DRUCKER MAY 24, 2025 11:49 Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus (photo credit: REUTERS) May 23, 1965 Eli Cohen,…

All the "billion-dollar contracts and bling" of his visit to the Gulf last week shouldn't blind us to the fact that "Donald Trump pulled off a diplomatic coup, perhaps the boldest of his second term", said Pierre Haski in World Crunch (Paris). Surprising even his own Treasury officials, the US…

"I'm very upbeat about the potential for an Abraham Accord with Syria and Lebanon," the ambassador said. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 24, 2025 09:02 Updated: MAY 24, 2025 18:43 Syiran President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump. (photo credit: Canva/Kaboompics.com, Engin Akyurt from Pexels, BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP, Getty Images/LUDOVIC…

US  Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks to reporters before walking into the White House in Washington, US, March 13, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The United States lifted comprehensive economic sanctions on Syria on Friday, marking a dramatic policy shift following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and opening…

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks at the White House, in Washington, U.S. February 3, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The United States lifted comprehensive economic sanctions on Syria on Friday, marking a dramatic policy shift following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and opening the door for new…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday granted Syria a temporary waiver from one crippling set of sanctions and eased restrictions on businesses as a first step in his pledge to end a half-century of penalties. The moves follow Trump’s announcement last week that the U.S. would ease…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday announced immediate sanctions relief for Syria, a move that comes less than two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would be taking steps to normalize relations with the country's new government.  The details of the partial sanctions relief were  first reported by Al-Monitor…