Reports indicate that the decision will not remove sanctions on former President Bashar al-Assad, his senior aides, family members, or officials linked to human rights abuses, drug trafficking, or the chemical weapons program.

President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a U.S. sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to terminate U.S. sanctions against Syria in a massive first step to