{"id":34852,"date":"2025-10-11T04:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/us-senate-votes-to-lift-sanctions-against-syria-damascus-calls-it-a-historic-moment\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:11:22","slug":"us-senate-votes-to-lift-sanctions-against-syria-damascus-calls-it-a-historic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/us-senate-votes-to-lift-sanctions-against-syria-damascus-calls-it-a-historic-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate votes to lift sanctions against Syria: Damascus calls it a historic moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Senate voted to lift sanctions against Syria, imposed under the "Caesar Act." Damascus viewed the move as a "historic moment," and Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa called it a major breakthrough.<\/p>\n

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The US Senate voted to lift sanctions against Syria, imposed under the so-called "Caesar Act." This was reported by TRT World, informs UNN.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

It is noted that this landmark step was perceived by Damascus as a "historic moment," and by its supporters as a step towards restoring the war-torn country.<\/p>\n

It is indicated that the authors of the bill, together with the Syrian-American Alliance, have long insisted on lifting sanctions against Syria, arguing that punitive measures are directed against a regime that "no longer exists," and the restoration of Syria now depends on the "complete and total lifting" of restrictions.<\/p>\n

Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa called the decision a major breakthrough, crediting both "active diplomacy" and the efforts of Syrians in the diaspora.<\/p>\n

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A major obstacle to development, prosperity, and stability has been removed<\/p>\n

\u2014 he said, calling it the first step towards national unification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The publication adds that the Senate vote took place just days after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for the lifting of sanctions against Syria during a joint press conference in Ankara with his Syrian counterpart.<\/p>\n

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Fidan warned that the sanctions had caused severe hardship to ordinary Syrians, urging the international community to end Syria's isolation and support its reintegration<\/p>\n

– the article says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The authors summarize that the lifting of sanctions marks a significant shift in US policy towards Syria, paving the way for potential regional and international re-engagement after years of economic blockade.<\/p>\n

Recall<\/h2>\n

On October 5, Syria held its first elections after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024.<\/p>\n

On December 8, 2024, Syrian opposition forces entered Damascus and announced the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime.<\/p>\n

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The US Senate voted to lift sanctions against Syria, imposed under the "Caesar Act." Damascus viewed the move as a "historic moment," and Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa called it a major breakthrough. The US Senate voted to lift sanctions against Syria, imposed under the so-called "Caesar Act." This was reported by TRT World, informs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}