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Trump Announces Lifting of Sanctions on Syria

President Trump’s announcement that he is lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria could yield both Gulf goodwill and lucrative business opportunities. While some are undoubtedly happy with the decision, it also foregoes U.S. leverage on Syria’s new government.
 

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Trump Announces Lifting of Sanctions on Syria

President Trump’s announcement that he is lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria could yield both Gulf goodwill and lucrative business opportunities. While some are undoubtedly happy with the decision, it also foregoes U.S. leverage on Syria’s new government.
 

Critical Questions by Mona Yacoubian — May 13, 2025

Reviving Chemical Weapons Accountability in a Multipolar World

Next week's 29th Session of the Conference of States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is an opportunity to revitalize accountability and global cooperation in an age of impunity.

Commentary by Natasha Hall and Doreen Horschig — November 21, 2024

Examining Extremism: Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)

The Transnational Threats Project's Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, a former Al Qaeda affiliate now seeking international legitimacy in Syria.

Blog Post by Mackenzie Holtz — August 3, 2023

Examining Extremism: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

The Transnational Threats Project's Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, a nationalist insurgency that has a complicated relationship with both the U.S. and Turkey.

Blog Post by Alexander Palmer and Mackenzie Holtz — July 13, 2023

Babel: Translating the Middle East

Christoph Reuter: Syria’s War Economy

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Christoph Reuter of Der Spiegel magazine. They talk about Captagon, criminal networks, and Syria's war economy.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Lubna Yousef, and Natasha Hall — June 13, 2023

CSIS Babel

Book Event: America’s Great-Power Opportunity

In his new book, Ali Wyne draws on three years of intense research and dozens of interviews that he conducted in 2020—including with many individuals who now serve in the Biden administration—to examine “great-power competition” as a framework for orienting U.S. foreign policy.

Event — July 5, 2022