Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
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Legitimizing Terrorist Governance: The Radical Pivot of U.S. Policy in Syria
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Elevated RiskSigned by: Donald J. Trump
Signed: 6/30/2025
Last Updated: 3/13/2026
Executive Order
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The order pivots U.S. policy by lifting decades of Assad-era sanctions to embrace Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government. **Republicans** miss the long-term risk of legitimizing a leader with extremist roots, effectively trading a secular autocrat for a "rebranded" radical. **Democrats** miss that continued economic isolation only fuels the humanitarian crisis and state failure. This gamble swaps moral consistency for geopolitical pragmatism, risking new instability to end an old conflict.
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