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n this photo provided the Saudi Royal Palace, Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. At foreground right is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AP)

The United States on Friday removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump next week.

According to a notice on the US Treasury Department website, the United States removed Specially Designated Global Terror designations on Sharaa and Syria’s interior miner, Anas Khattab.

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