Report: Trump rebuffed Israeli request to keep some sanctions on Syria

Advisers to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged US President Donald Trump to keep some US sanctions on Syria in place as a bargaining chip in future talks, but Trump declined the request, Haaretz reported, citing the Kan public broadcaster.

The US Congress on Wednesday approved the final lifting of sanctions, with the repeal of "Caesar Act", adopted in 2019 during the time of former leader Bashar al-Assad, ousted from power in December 2024.