President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a U.S. sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to lift the economic sanctions program on Syria. The president announced in May, during a trip to the Middle East, that he would lift the sanctions package as a means to help the new Syrian government stabilize following the devastating civil war and recent toppling of

By lifting sanctions against Syria, US President Donald Trump removed some Russian companies, banks, and individuals from under certain restrictions. However, they were removed only from the so-called Syrian sanctions regime,