The chance to pull Syria closer to U.S. interests was too good for Trump to ignore

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The chance to pull Syria closer to U.S. interests was too good for Trump to ignore

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President Donald Trump recently proclaimed that long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria, a U.S. adversary in the Middle East since the beginning of the Cold War, would be lifted.

This story appeared on msnbc.com, 2025-05-16 10:00:00.