Syria has welcomed the move by the Trump administration to ease sanctions, calling it a 'positive step' to ease humanitarian and economic suffering in the war-torn country.

Iraq could be forced by regional hostilities and threats by Iran to shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz to revive old pipelines that once carried a large part of its crude exports through Saudi ...

President Trump announced this week he will drop sanctions on Syria — surprising some senior U.S. sanctions officials, sources tell CBS News.

Trump will end Syria sanctions to 'give them a chance at greatness' The White House announced a $142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman said he'd like to see ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria following last year’s fall of the Assad regime, saying the move will “give them a chance at greatness.” ...

Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.

Mr. Trump said he had come to the decision after speaking with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who backed the anti-Assad insurgency, and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Day two of President Trump's tour of the Mideast brought with it the prospect of a new future for Syria. The president announced plans to lift sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Assad ...

Most of the U.S. sanctions on Syria were imposed on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and key individuals in 2011 after civil war erupted there.

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to lift the remaining economic sanctions on Syria, hoping to help the nation recover as it tries to find stable footing after years of war and ...

President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria and embrace its new leader, a U.S.-designated terrorist who formerly had… ...

Missing American: A top Syrian general under President Bashar al-Assad told U.S. investigators that Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing in 2012, was dead and provided the possible ...