Trump Administration Rejects Israeli Request to Keep Sanctions on Syria
ARK News.. Media reports have revealed that the United States rejected an Israeli request to maintain some American sanctions on Syria, while promising Israel an undisclosed form of “compensation.”
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday, December 21, 2025, that aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to keep certain sanctions imposed on Syria, in order to use them as leverage in future negotiations.
The Israeli request, however, was turned down.
Trump, who had previously lifted the sanctions temporarily through an executive order, signed the final repeal of the Caesar Act last Thursday, after it was approved by Congress as part of the country’s annual defense spending bill.
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