President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria and embrace its new leader, a U.S.-designated terrorist who formerly

The foreign ministers of Turkey, the United States and Syria will meet in southern Turkey on Thursday to discuss details of U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to lift sanctions on Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.

“All areas of life for Syrians were impacted by the sanctions,” Benjamin Feve, an expert on Syria’s political economy, told MEE. Feve, a senior research analyst at Karam Shaar Advisory, said that contrary to what is often reported, it was not the sanctions themselves that destroyed Syria’s economy.