https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/68ca5f19-75f0-4457-9256-7ec25c37cc84 Syrians gathered in Damascus on Tuesday to celebrate President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US plans to lift sanctions on their country. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump said during a speech in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. If Trump follows through on his pledge in full, it would mark the first time Syria hasn’t been under US sanctions since 1979, when the US labelled Damascus a state sponsor of terrorism under the government of Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said Trump’s decision was a “pivotal turning point” for his country, adding that it would allow Syria to “move towards a future of stability, self-sufficiency and genuine reconstruction after years of destructive war”. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:14:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/68ca5f19-75f0-4457-9256-7ec25c37cc84 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.