Trump signs executive order ending decades-old Syria sanctions

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that terminates the US government’s framework of sanctions on Syria, which was originally designed to punish the former Assad regime but had become a barrier to the country’s post-war recovery.

It follows a dramatic shift in US policy in Syria following Trump’s May 13 announcement that he would lift all sanctions and meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former jihadi who became the country’s president after…