US removes sanctions on Syrian president ahead of meeting with Trump


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 U.S. President Donald Trump next week.

According to a notice on the U.S. Treasury Department website, the United States removed Specially Designated Global Terrorist designations on Sharaa and Syria's interior minister, Anas Khattab.



(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Susan Heavey; Editing by Leslie Adler)