Trump to end the US sanctions against Syria with an executive order, as the White House says – my country

US President Donald Trump It is expected that an executive order will be signed on Monday to end the sanctions of the United States SyriaFollow up on his previous promise to do so.

White House journalist Caroline Levitte said this step was designed to “strengthen and support the country’s path to stability and peace.” She said that the sanctions will remain valid for former President Bashar al -Assad and his partners and others.

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The United States granted comprehensive exemptions in Syria from sanctions in May, which was a first step towards fulfilling the Republican President’s pledge to lift half a century of sanctions on a 13 -year broken country of civil war.

Trump met with the temporary leader of Syria, Ahmed Al -Sharra, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in May, and told Al -Sharra that he would raise the sanctions and explore the normalization relations in a major political transformation between the United States and Syria.

Levitte said on Monday.

The European Union also continued to lift almost all the remaining sanctions on Syria.

Canada announced in March that it was taking steps to reduce the current penalties for six months, which was called “the transition period” after the overthrow of the Assad regime.

– With additional files from Global News