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US President Trump met Al-Shra on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. He was accompanied by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the abolition of all the US sanctions imposed on Syria. Trump said that the decision would give Syria a chance to grow again.
On the very next day of the order, Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. The discussion of the US President’s meeting with a top most wanted person is being discussed all over the world.
Ahmed al-show has earlier been the chief of the Syrian branch of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. Earlier his name was Abu Mohammad al-Julani. He carried out several suicide attacks in Syria in 2011. The US had a reward of $ 10 million (about 84 crore rupees) on his head. It was removed just 5 months ago in December.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) was also present during the meeting with the President of Syrian. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sara (right) with Trump.
US President Donald Trump joined hands with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Shra.
In December 2017, the US placed a prize of $ 10 million on Julani.
Trump said- expel foreign terrorists from the country
Trump met Al-Shara for about 37 minutes. This was the first time after 25 years when an US President met the Syrian President. The US President said about Al-Shara. Trump said that Shara is young and attractive.
The US President said that he has asked Al-Shra to make a relationship with Israel to normal and remove foreign terrorists from Syria. Al-Shara also praised Trump and said that he is capable of bringing peace in the Middle East.
The US Parliament has a provision in a law passed in 2019, which gives the President the right to remove a decision in the national security interest, he can remove the ban on a country or a person. President Trump has removed all the ban using this right.
Trump said that he took the decision after talking to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The two countries openly supported the removal of sanctions on Syria.
Assad accused of killing their own people, US banned
The US imposed the highest ban on Syria after the start of civil war in 2011. The Assad government had taken violent action against the opponents. Thousands of citizens were killed in it. The government was accused of using chemical weapons to kill thousands of citizens, which was condemned worldwide.
The US accused the Asad government of supporting organizations such as Hizbullah. Apart from this, Syrian policies, especially with Iran and Russia, also considered its alliance as volatility in West Asia. In such a situation, the US government imposed several sanctions in isolating the Assad government.
According to Reuters, these restrictions on Syria were such that Syria was severely cut off from the world to a large extent.
Damascus was attacked with chemical weapons on August 21, 2013 in two areas. It killed 1,144 people, including 99 children.
In easy language, there were 5 types of restrictions…
1. Ban on money and transactions
The US and its citizens or companies could not transact any trade or money with Syria. Syria was not allowed to transact in dollars, causing it to almost cut from international trade. 2. Ban on oil and gas
The US had banned Syrian oil and gas sector. Meaning, no foreign company could invest there. The US said that the Syrian government is using the money received by selling oil and gas in the war. Its disadvantage was that Syrian’s biggest earning source stopped.
3. Banking and Investment Ban
Syrian banks were fired from SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Inter Bank Financial Telecommunication) network. This is the same network from which banks around the world safely transfer money to each other.
Getting out of Swift meant that Syria could not transact with any bank in the world. Its disadvantage was that investors from the US and other countries stopped investing in Syria.
4. Ban on military and technical goods
The US completely banned Syria on any type of weapon, ammunition, drone, missile system or sale of military vehicles. Techniques that could be useful in the Istsel of the common people as well as soldiers, such as radar, telecommunication system, GPS, high tech engines were all strictly banned.
5. Strict laws under Caesar Act
In 2019, the US implemented the ‘Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection X (Caesar Act)’, taking the strict action on Syria in 2019. The provision in this was that action could also be taken on companies from other countries working with Syria. Because of this, NGOs stopped working in Syria.
Syrian economy 84% limited, just 2 hours electricity is available
The effect of US sanctions was that Syria’s economy shrunk to 84%. According to the World Bank, in 2010, Syria’s economy was US $ 60 billion. It declined to $ 23.63 billion in 2022.
According to Reuters, 90% of Syrian population went below the poverty line. At present, 1 crore 20 lakh people in the country are not getting full food daily. The impact of restrictions on oil and energy is that only 2 hours of electricity is available in most areas of the country.
Syria lost ₹ 9.1 lakh crore due to ban on oil
Syria used to sell 380,000 billion barrels of oil to other countries every day in 2010. Now it is almost zero. The Syrian Ministry of Energy reported in a report sent to the United Nations in September 2022 that Syria suffered a loss of US $ 107 billion by 2022 due to oil sanctions.
Due to the stoppage of trade, large -scale smuggling and drug business started growing in Syria. Especially the production of captagon drugs increased greatly. These drugs were made in areas near Syria and Lebanon and were sent to countries like Saudi Arabia. The government’s control had weakened due to the war in Syria, causing further increase in drug trade.
According to some reports, the Syrian government and the Syrian army were also involved in smuggling and drug trade. This business became a way to earn money for some government officials. This was a major crisis for Syria, as this increased the crime in the country a lot.
Ahmed al-Shara has taken a tough stand to prevent the trafficking of Captagon. Smugglers in the country are being punished severely. He introduced it as a crime and said that it is not only against Sharia law, but also harmful to the future of Syria.
In Syria, there was a smuggling of captagon by hiding inside the fruits. (File photo)
Syrian currency strengthened 60% in 1 day
The lifting of the US ban on Syria is expected to have a profound impact on the country’s economy. After Trump’s announcement of removing the ban on Syria, the rate of Syrian currency increased by 60% in just one day. Before Trump’s announcement, the Syrian pound was around 15,000 in the black market in the black market. But decreased to about 10,000 pounds per dollar.
According to the New York Times, the removal of the ban can provide new investment and business opportunities in Syria. The possibility of investment from colleagues like Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Gulf countries will increase. The removal of the ban will make it easier to provide assistance to international organizations, which can improve the lives of common Syrian people. …………………………….
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