Current sectionMiddle East NewsSyria NewsAnalysis With Arab states and the United States poised to invest billions in Syria's reconstruction, Israel must move beyond confrontation and pursue a security agreement with Damascus – or risk being shut out of a transformation that could reshape the regionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeKsenia Svetlova09:08 PM • August 26 2026 IDTU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally announced Syria's removal from Washington's State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The U.S. Treasury Department published the long-awaited decision, and within hours, key Middle Eastern countries had welcomed the move.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:SyriaMarco RubioMiddle EastCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1Hasan PikerWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasIsrairHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe One Thing Hasan Piker Could Say to Begin Healing Ties With U.S. JewsLikud Minister Files Police Complaint Alleging Forged Party Primary RecountIDF Bars Return of Palestinians to W. Bank Refugee Camps; 33,000 Still DisplacedForget a Map, This Is How Palestinians Are Navigating West Bank RoadsUnprecedented UK Sanctions on Israel Are Coming. How Will British Jews Respond?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes