Biden left it to Trump to decide on the “Tahrir al-Sham” committee

According to RCO News Agency, the newspaper “Washington Post” reported, citing American officials familiar with the matter, that the administration of Preside Joe Biden, who is stepping down in the United States, is now going to raise the issue of the terrorist label to Tahrir al-Sham and its leader “Ahmed al-Shara” The administration of Donald Trump, the preside-elect of the United States, who will take office on January 20.

The US terrorist list is a tool created by the governme of this coury to ideify and limit the activities of individuals, groups or organizations related to “terrorism”. According to the report, leaving the decision to Trump is expected to significaly extend the timeline for strong US sanctions against Syria.

The list includes individuals and groups accused of or associated with “terrorist” activities. Being on this list brings restrictions including freezing of assets, travel ban and economic sanctions. Removal from this list can lead to the removal of these restrictions and the improveme of diplomatic relations. The main purpose of this list is to combat the financing and support of “terrorism”, reduce security threats and protect US national ierests.

The sources added that the curre Syrian authorities must demonstrate that they have severed all ties with “terrorist” groups before revoking their “terrorist” status.

Earlier, “Al-Watan” newspaper reported in late December that an American delegation led by Assista Secretary of State Barbara Leaf and the ierim Syrian authorities discussed the cancellation of sanctions against Syria and the removal of the Tahrir al-Sham group from the “terrorist” list of the United States.

Syrian armed opposition captured Damascus on December 8 and came to power. Following that, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that “Bashar Assad” resigned from the presidency after negotiating with the participas in the Syrian conflict and left Syria for Russia, where he took refuge. Following these developmes, Muhammad al-Bashir, who was in charge of running an Idlib-based governme formed by Tahrir al-Sham and other opposition groups, was named ierim prime minister on December 10. He announced that an ierim governme had been formed and would remain in place uil March 2025.

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