The White House on Friday began easing sanctions on Syria, in fulfillment of President Trump’s promise to give the war-torn country a new chance and put it on the path to “greatness”.
“I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump had first announced in an investment forum in Riyadh last week, where he met President Sharaa (Jolani), who is the founder of al-Qaeda in Syria. But Trump still expressed hope that the new government would “succeed in stabilizing the country.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio days later admitted in a Senate hearing that the new leadership in Damascus “didn’t pass their background check with the FBI” – which is of course an understatement given Jolani even had been with ISIS early in his jihadi ‘career’.
The Treasury Department confirmed that it has issued General License 25 (GL25), authorizing previously prohibited transactions under the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (SSR), and further Rubio issued a 180-day waiver of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, suspending some of the harshest measures passed by Congress in 2019.
“Today’s actions represent the first step in delivering on the President’s vision of a new relationship between Syria and the United States,” the secretary of state announced. “President Trump is providing the Syrian government with the chance to promote peace and stability, both within Syria and in Syria’s relations with its neighbors.”
Western officials have unwittingly admitted that sanctions are a tool of regime change, regardless of the horrific impact they have on millions of common citizens…
Syria has reportedly been reconnected to the SWIFT international payment system, and the Treasury action paves the way for American entities dealing Syria’s central government, Central Bank of Syria and other banks, as well as energy firms, and telecommunications providers, etc.
