President Donald Trump said alongside Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara that Syria could help address Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that he intends to remove Syria from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, according to a Channel 12 News report.
President Donald Trump, speaking alongside Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara, said Syria could help handle Hezbollah in Lebanon and that he plans to remove Syria from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, Channel 12 News reported Wednesday evening. The remarks add to a series of Trump statements on the issue in recent weeks. As The Zioneer reported on June 17, Trump said Syria could deal with Hezbollah 'without knocking down buildings.' On June 16, analyst Yair Goldblatt noted that Trump appeared to acknowledge Israeli fighting against Hezbollah would continue while again raising the possibility of Syrian intervention. The new statement, delivered alongside al-Shara, suggests a growing alignment between Washington and Damascus on the matter, though Israel has publicly opposed the idea of Syrian forces entering Lebanon to confront Hezbollah. The claim that Trump will remove Syria from the terror list, if confirmed, would mark a significant policy shift, as Syria has been listed since 1979. The report is based on a single Channel 12 dispatch and has not been independently corroborated.
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