Posts Tagged: Trump Syria
40% of Syrians Support Signing a Peace Treaty With Israel: Poll
Forty percent of Syrians support signing a peace treaty with Israel, according to a recent poll conducted by the Syrian Center for Public Opinion Studies. A...
US Envoy Pushes for Israel-Syria ‘Non-Aggression Agreement,’ Says Peace Achievable
US Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack called for a non-aggression pact between long-time foes Syria and Israel during a high-profile visit to Damascus on...
Syria, Israel in Direct Talks Focused on Security, Sources Say
Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five...
US Ambassador to Turkey Will Serve as Special Envoy to Syria
Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, said on Friday he has assumed the role of special envoy to Syria, as the Trump administration moves to lift sanctions...
US to Appoint Turkey Ambassador Thomas Barrack as Special Envoy for Syria, Sources Say
The United States will appoint President Donald Trump's longtime adviser and current US ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, as a special envoy for Syria, a person with direct knowledge of the matter and a...
Trump Meets Syrian President, Urges Him to Establish Ties With Israel
US President Donald Trump met with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalize ties with longtime foe Israel after a surprise US announcement that it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led...
Trump to Remove US Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major US policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with Syria's Islamist President...
Trump Says He May Ease Sanctions on Syria
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may ease US sanctions on Syria in response to a query from his Turkish counterpart. Syria has struggled to implement conditions set out by Washington for relief from US sanctions,...
US Gave Syria List of Conditions for Partial Sanctions Relief, Sources Say
The United States has handed Syria a list of conditions that it wants Damascus to fulfill in exchange for partial sanctions relief, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters, including ensuring foreigners are not...
Trump Says Israel Must Have ‘Victory’ in Gaza as Middle East Rises to Top of Transition Agenda
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said that Israel must achieve "victory" against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza before the war can end,...
China Stakes Its Flag in Syria, and Expands Its Influence in the Region
On the eve of the Syrian civil war, Muhammad Jarah and Ahmad Bustati’s warehouse in Damascus symbolized China’s emergence as Syria’s largest supplier of industrial...
US Foreign Policy Threats to Israel’s National Security: Strategic Imperatives for Jerusalem
Though US President Donald Trump describes himself as pro-Israel, any serious analytic assessment of his foreign policies would point toward a different conclusion. On the...
Washington and Ankara: Sweet Words, But Differences Remain
“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool. I will call you later,” Donald Trump ended his undiplomatic letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Ilhan Omar Isn’t the Only One Guilty of Hypocrisy on Turkey
JNS.org - Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire...
