{"id":131177,"date":"2025-10-20T06:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=131177"},"modified":"2025-10-20T06:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:50:20","slug":"repealing-syria-sanctions-is-the-missing-piece-of-peace-us-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/131177\/","title":{"rendered":"Repealing Syria sanctions is the missing piece of peace \u2013 US envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> In a sweeping call to action, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack urged on Monday U.S. lawmakers to make ending sanctions on Syria the linchpin of a broader Middle East peace framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrack described Syria as \u201cthe missing piece of peace\u201d in a region beginning to pivot from war toward reconstruction and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted to the recent repeal of major Syria sanctions by the U.S. Senate as a signal of transition \u2014 &#8220;from punishment to partnership,&#8221; noting that the country is no longer the isolated state of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The envoy added that the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, once justified in its aim to punish a brutal regime, now \u201csuffocates a nation seeking to rebuild.\u201d Congress\u2019s next step, he asserted, should be full repeal of the sanctions to enable trade, investment and renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Personal Perspective \u2013 Syria and Lebanon Are the Next Pieces for Levant Peace<br><br>By Ambassador Tom Barrack<br><br>October 13, 2025, will be remembered as a defining moment in modern Middle Eastern diplomacy. In Sharm el-Sheikh, world leaders did more than celebrate the release of\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAMBTurkiye\/status\/1980139041724190877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on the momentum of regional agreements \u2014 including recent diplomatic ties between Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE \u2014 Barrack framed economic revitalization as the most reliable deterrent to extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Christian clerics from Syria, he added, have appealed to Congress, warning the sanctions threaten their community\u2019s survival. \u201cTo repeal Caesar,\u201d he concluded, \u201cis not to forget history \u2014 it is to shape it anew.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repealing Syria sanctions is the missing piece of peace \u2013 US envoy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 In a sweeping call to action, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack urged on Monday U.S. lawmakers to make ending sanctions on Syria the linchpin of a broader Middle East peace framework. 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