US to remove Syria from terror blacklist, in new boost to Sharaa

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The United States announced it will remove Syria from its state sponsor of terrorism list, a designation that had restricted investment and engagement for decades. This move signals renewed confidence in Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The United States listed Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979.