NEW YORK: Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa renewed his call on Monday for Washington to formally lift US sanctions imposed under the 2019 Caesar Act while visiting New York to attend the first UN General Assembly of a Syrian leader in nearly six decades. Sharaa, a former Al-Qaeda leader, led rebel forces that overthrew Bashar Assad’s government last year. US President Donald Trump met him in Riyadh in May and ordered most sanctions lifted but the Caesar Syria Civil Protection Act of 2019 authorizing them remains US law.

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has departed for the United States, state media reported Sunday, on a landmark trip that will see the former insurgent address the…

NEW YORK: Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa renewed his call on Monday for Washington to formally lift US sanctions imposed under the 2019 Caesar Act while visiting New York to…

NEW YORK: Syria’s new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, visiting New York for the UN General Assembly, voiced hope Monday for a security deal that eases tensions with Israel but he played…