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Many people will return as soon as we see tangible results of sanctions relief on the ground,
From my experience speaking to Syrian refugees, the first thing they mentioned when it comes to reasons why they hesitate to go back to Syria, is the economic situation and the overall state of the infrastructure, living conditions and basic needs."
This view is echoed by Petillo Still, if key US measures can be lifted, and this is tied to a stabilization of the security environment on the ground, it would create much better conditions to facilitate the inflow of urgently needed economic support without which the new government is really going to struggle,
Improved relations with Israel would be important considering that Israel has become a major destabilizing actor in Syria since Assad's fall,
Nanar Hawach, senior analyst for Syria at the International Crisis Group, told DW We still need to see whether Trump's words translate into action given the wide range of measures imposed on the country,
Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, or ECFR, told DW But the benefits will probably outweigh potential backlash,
The economic collapse has fed insecurity by eroding basic services, deepening local grievances, and pushing people toward armed groups,
It's their time to shine. We're taking them all off,
Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday during his three-day visit to several Gulf states But economic hardship and lack of essential services are hampering recovery efforts,
This could be a process that takes longer than many Syrians would like,
They have been doing hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian military capabilities and an invasion into Syrian territory in the south — and without reaching some kind of understanding, Israel will likely continue being this destabilizing factor,
He does all this, and it's kind of silence, it's met with a shrug,
Ned Price, a former State Department spokesperson in the Biden administration, added It's hard not to be simultaneously terrified at the thought of the damage he can cause with such power, and awed by his willingness to brazenly shatter so many harmful taboos,
Rob Malley, former special envoy to Iran under Biden, also said I don't like Trump's motivations for lots of things he does,
Gosh, I wish I could work for an administration that could move that quickly,
In Syria, they’ve had their share of travesty, war, killing many years. That’s why my administration has already taken the first steps toward restoring normal relations between the United States and Syria for the first time in more than a decade,
I think as we make progress hopefully we'll be in a position soon, or one day, to go to Congress and ask them to permanently remove the sanctions,
That's what the president intends to do. Those waivers have to be renewed every 180 days. Ultimately, if we make enough progress, we'd like to see the law repealed, because you're going to struggle to find people to invest in a country when in six months sanctions could come back,
We look forward to implementing the necessary authorizations that would be critical to bringing new investment into Syria,
I am certain that Congress would need to be informed of changes in conditions placed on Syria and how they have met those conditions before Congress can make an informed decision on whether or not it should approve the change in designation,
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