Syria's Sharaa holds phone call with Trump, Syrian presidency says

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump in which they discussed supporting the Syrian economy and the latest regional developments, the Syrian presidency said on Sunday.



During the call, Sharaa said lifting the remaining U.S. sanctions on Syria was essential to reviving the economy and attracting investments, according to the statement.



The United States says some sanctions remain in place despite dismantling most of its Syria sanctions regime and repealing the Caesar Act, which imposed sweeping measures on individuals, companies and institutions linked to former President Bashar al-Assad.



Washington says sanctions will continue to target Assad and his associates, as well as alleged human rights abusers, traffickers in the addictive stimulant captagon, and other actors it says are destabilising the region.