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On August 24, 2026, the United States formally removed Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a designation that had been in effect since December 29, 1979.
This action followed the completion of a congressional review period, which expired on August 22, 2026, after US President Donald Trump notified Congress on July 8, 2026, of his administration's intent to rescind the designation.
The US Treasury Department also lifted sanctions against Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an organization formerly led by current Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, and removed the designation of the Nusrah Front as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.
This move ends prohibitions that limited Damascus's access to aid, transactions, technology, and military cooperation, and is seen by Damascus as lifting a major impediment to investment.
The easing of restrictions on the al-Shara regime began in June 2025, and President Trump delivered a letter to the Syrian President a month ago at the NATO summit, promising to make Syria "more prosperous than ever before." Syria is the first country to be removed from the list since Sudan in 2020, leaving Cuba, Iran, and North Korea as the remaining countries on the list.
The decision follows the collapse of the Assad government in December 2024 and the new Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa cooperating with Washington on counterterrorism, including joining the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in November 2025.
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This camp frames the removal of Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list as a significant shift in US foreign policy, marking a new era of cooperation with the new Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The decision is seen as a reward for Syria's engagement in counterterrorism efforts and a step towards regional stability.
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This camp emphasizes the US President Donald Trump administration's initiative in removing Syria from the terrorism list, highlighting it as a strategic foreign policy decision to re-engage with Syria under its new leadership. The move is presented as fulfilling a promise to make Syria "more prosperous than ever before" and a recognition of the new government's shift away from the Assad regime.
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