By Gram Slattery, Bo Erickson and Steve HollandANKARA/WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa that he had decided to remove the country from the U.S. list of designated state sponsors of terrorism."I promised to remove all barriers stopping you from rebuilding your country, and very soon, you will finally be able to do so," Trump wrote in a letter to Sharaa seen by Reuters.

U.S. President Trump announced Wednesday that Washington will remove war-battered Syria from its 'terrorist sponsor' list. His comments came in a joint...

Since the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syria has lobbied to be reintegrated with the global order.