Us to remove Syrian hawat tahrir al-sha from the list of foreign terrorist groups

The US plans to remove the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrira al-Shama (HTS) from its list of foreign terrorist organizations on Tuesday, the State Department’s note reports.

In December, the group led the offensive of the rebels, which overthrew Assad’s regime, which ruled Syria for 54 years. His leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is now a temporary president of the country.

HTS, also known as the Al-Nusri Front, was previously a branch of al-Qaeda in Syria while al-Sharaa broke ties in 2016.

In recent months, Western countries have sought to reset relations with Syria – which have faced severe sanctions aimed at the old regime.

In late June, President Trump signed an executive order for official to finish US sanctions against the countryWith the White House, which said the move was intended to maintain its “path to stability and peace.”

It adds that it will monitor the actions of the new Syrian government, including “taking concrete steps to normalize relations with Israel”, as well as “address to foreign terrorists” and “prohibition of Palestinian terrorist groups”.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sibana said the move “would interfere” to restore the economy and open the country to the international community.

On Friday, Syria said he was ready to cooperate with the US to return the 1974 shutdown agreement with Israel.

Last weekend British Foreign Minister David Lami visited Syria – The first Minister of Government, who did it for 14 years.

He met with Al-Sharaa and announced an additional 94.5 million sterling support packages aimed at supporting long-term recovery and countries helping Syrian refugees.

Earlier, the UK raised sanctions on the defense of Syria.

Ninety percent of Syria’s population remained under the point of poverty when the Assad’s regime was rejected after 13 years of devastating civil war.

Al -Sharaa has promised new Syria, but there is concern about how the new government is working – some suspicious of its radical past.

To date, only one Minister of Government of the Women is appointed – and Al -Sharaa has virtually recorded virtually all other meetings.

Several violent attacks on the minority have also taken place in recent months.

In March, hundreds of civilians from the minority sect were killed during contractions between new security forces and loyalists Assad. In April were Deadly contractions Between armed Islamist groups, security forces and fighters from the religious minority of rubble. And in June, at least 25 people were killed in the therapy for the church in Damascus.