Lifting the Caesar sanctions: A long-overdue opportunity for Syria and a test for its new leaders

The decision last week by the US to lift the Caesar Act sanctions imposed on Syria is, without exaggeration, one of the most consequential and constructive shifts in international policy toward the country since the civil war began in 2011. For years, the sanctions were framed as a tool of pressure meant to induce political change. In reality, they were a blunt instrument that deepened human suffering, froze economic life and locked Syria into a cycle of paralysis. Their removal signals a long-overdue recognition that rebuilding societies requires engagement, not permanent isolation.

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