Trump lifts Syria sanctions, agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion in arms – Mondoweiss

On the first day of his trip to the Middle East, President Donald Trump announced that he was lifting the longstanding U.S. sanctions on Syria and agreeing to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion in weapons.

At an investment forum in Riyadh, Trump told the audience that he had repealed the sanctions at the Saudis’ request. “Oh, what I do for the crown prince,” he said.

“In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed in…