Washington coalesces around cautious sanctions relief for new Syrian government

Lawmakers from both parties and policy experts agreed that sanctions should be slowly lifted in exchange for Syrian action on U.S. priorities

Lawmakers are coalescing around the prospect of cautious sanctions relief for Syria, conditioned on its compliance with key benchmarks, even as the Israeli government publicly remains deeply skeptical of the new Syrian leadership.

The fledgling Syrian government is led...

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