President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will lift long-standing sanctions against Syria after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lobbied him for the move.
Trump also mentioned that Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for the policy change. Erdogan backed the insurgency led by now-Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa that toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December.
“I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump said at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh.
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The crowd erupted in applause and joined bin Salman in giving the American president a standing ovation.
WOW! The Saudi Prince and the whole room give President Trump a standing ovation!
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