Trump Says He Will Remove Syria from State Sponsors of Terrorism List

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After meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he intends to remove Syria from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. "I think I will. Why wouldn’t I? He’s done a great job,” Trump responded when reporters asked if Syria could be stricken from the list. Trump said Syria has become “very stable” under Sharaa’s leadership and “we’re proud of that.”

Trump also suggested Syria “could help with Hezbollah,” the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group that has attacked Israel from both Lebanese and Syrian soil. President Trump has spoken highly of Sharaa since their first meeting at the White House in November 2025, despite the Syrian leader’s history as a member of al-Qaeda and his time in prison after being captured by U.S. forces in Iraq. Trump described Sharaa as a “young, attractive guy” and a “tough guy” with a “very strong past” after that meeting.

Sharaa led an alliance of insurgents and jihadis to overthrow Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December 2024, bringing a surprise end to the long and brutal Syrian civil war. Sharaa has shown interest in mending fences with the United States and European nations and his government is not overly fond of Assad’s former patrons, Russia and Iran. Trump lifted what sanctions he could from Syria by executive order in June 2025, and a few months later Congress permanently repealed sanctions that were imposed against the Assad regime. The repeal was unconditional, but Congress included a requirement for periodic reports on counter-terrorism and human rights progress under Sharaa’s government.

The Treasury Department removed Syria from its list of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” in November 2025, at the same time the United Nations removed Syria from its own sanctions list. As of Wednesday, Syria remains on the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, a much more exclusive document that currently names only three other nations: Cuba, North Korea, and Iran. Syria was one of the first countries added to the list in 1979 because it provided material and political support to Palestinian terrorist groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, plus Hezbollah in Lebanon. The bloody hand of Bashar Assad’s predecessor and father, Hafez Assad, was seen in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. (Ed note: Anyone else get the feeling that the fox is being allowed to get near the hen house? Aways keep one eye on the state of Syria.) (Read More)