The Trump administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as easing restrictions on businesses as a first step in its pledge to end a half-century of penalties.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday praised as “brave and historic” US President Donald Trump’s decision to lift all sanctions on the country.In a live television address,

The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome.