Analysis: Syria’s Bid for Sanctions Relief

Just a month after Bashar al-Assad fell in Syria, the country is in the midst of a swirl of regional diplomacy. The new Syrian foreign minister is on another regional swing, and the foreign ministers of Germany and France visited Damascus. A central question is when and how the comprehensive sanctions placed on Syria during a half-century of Assad family rule will be lifted. Asher Grant-Sasson speaks with Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, about the prospects for these diplomatic efforts and what their results might signal about Syria’s future.

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Analysis: Syria’s Bid for Sanctions Relief is an episode from Babel: Translating the Middle East by Center for Strategic and International Studies.

This episode is 8:14 long.

This episode was published on Jan 7, 2025.

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