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White House executive order to end Syria sanctions; State Department outlines limits and next steps
Summary
The State Department spokesperson said the president planned to sign an executive order terminating the U.S. sanctions program on Syria while preserving targeted measures against named actors.
The State Department spokesperson said the president planned to sign an executive order terminating the U.S. sanctions program on Syria, while preserving targeted measures against specific individuals and groups.
The spokesperson said the order "will remove sanctions on Syria while, maintaining sanctions on the former president Assad, his associates, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, persons linked to chemical weapons activities, ISIS members and their affiliates, and Iranian proxies." The spokesperson added that Treasury handles sanctions implementation and that the White…
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