S8 Ep1129: Ahmad Sharawi — President Trump has agreed to review lifting Syria's state sponsor of terror designation to aid its economic recovery; however, the country remains unstable, with rampant ISIS activity and foreign leaders facing security risks in Damascus,
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🗓️ 14 July 2026
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Ahmad Sharawi — President Trump has agreed to review lifting Syria's state sponsor of terror designation to aid its economic recovery; however, the country remains unstable, with rampant ISIS activity and foreign leaders facing security risks in Damascus, while Turkey and Saudi Arabia position themselves to invest heavily in Syria. (13)
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| 0:47.3 | A tragedy of these many years, 15 years at least. |
| 0:52.4 | Syria, the promise of Syria, rebuilding, bringing the refugees back. Syria, |
| 0:58.0 | now commanded by a self-identified, self-elected president named Al-Shaara, a young man who has |
| 1:05.3 | been traveling the Middle East and Europe and the world in order to encourage investment in his country. However, |
| 1:12.7 | there is a burden on Syria that's unlike any other. State sponsor of terror, a designation |
| 1:19.2 | from the U.S. Congress once upon a time. That prevents any normal development or conversation |
| 1:25.6 | with Syria until that is lifted. |
| 1:34.3 | The many sanctions directed against Syria since the Civil War started in 2010, 2011. |
| 1:40.1 | Many of them have been lifted or taken a pause, but not state sponsor of terror, |
| 1:54.0 | which is why we have a photograph of the President of the United States, Mr. Trump, at the anchor at Turkey NATO meeting, sitting next to a slim young man, Al-Sharra, the President of Syria. |
| 2:04.0 | That conversation includes what is to be done about the state-sponsor terrorism label, since it is not Mr. Trump's to lift. It's Congress. I welcome someone who has helped me understand Syria as it either repairs |
| 2:10.0 | or disintegrates into the hands of former al-Qaeda bosses. That would be Al-Shara. Ahmed Sharrari of the |
| 2:17.3 | Foundation for Defense of Democracies. |
| 2:19.7 | Ahmed, the conversation, what do we believe passed between the two presidents about the state |
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