US issues require a new Syrian government in exchange for the reduction of sanctions War news in Syria

The United States has handed over Syria a list of conditions that it wants to fulfill Damascus in exchange for the relief of partial sanctions, including ensuring that there are no foreigners in the upper ruling roles.

The US Deputy Secretary of State for the Leadership of the Levant and Syria Natasha Franchishi gave the list of Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Al -Shabani at a personal meeting on the sidelines of the donors conference in Syria in Brussels on March 18, according to two people: an American official and a Syrian source familiar with the mission.

Neither the list nor the personal meeting-the first high-level direct contact between Damascus and Washington has been reported since US President Donald Trump took office on January 20-.

Reuters spoke to six sources of this story, including two American officials, a Syrian source, a regional diplomat and exporters in Washington, are familiar with this issue. They all asked not to be identified to discuss high -level diplomacy.

Among the conditions set by the United States is to destroy Syria for any remaining chemical weapons stores and cooperation in “fighting terrorism”, the two US officials, the Syrian source and both sources in Washington.

American officials and a sources in Washington said that there is another request that make sure that foreign fighters are not installed in the upper roles in the structure of the government in Syria.

Syria has already appointed some foreign tools, including Ouigor, a Jordanian and Turkish, to the Ministry of Defense-a step that caused foreign governments concern.

Washington also asked Syria to appoint a call to help us in the efforts made to find Austin Tess, the American journalist who lost in Syria more than a decade, according to American officials and both exporters in Washington.

In exchange for meeting all demands, Washington will provide some sanctions, according to all six sources. The relief sources will not specify, and Washington said, has not provided a specific timetable for the conditions to be fulfilled.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Syria and the US State Department did not respond to the suspension requests.

Syria is in urgent need of sanctions on the start of an economy that has collapsed about 14 years of war, as the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe have set difficult sanctions on people, companies and the full sectors of the Syrian economy in an attempt to pressure now on leader Bashar Asad.

Some of these sanctions were temporarily suspended, with a limited effect. The United States issued a six -month permit in January to alleviate the flow of humanitarian aid, but this step was not considered enough to allow Qatar to pay public sector salaries through the Central Bank in Syria.

Syrian officials, including Al -Shaybani and the interim president, Ahmed Al -Sharra, called for the entire penalties, saying that it is not fair to keep them in their place in the wake of Assad’s lengthening through a rebellious attack on lightning in December.

Policy in progress

The delivery of demands is the clearest indication so far to the Trump administration’s policy on Syria.

American statements focused on supporting minorities and “Islamic extremism” condemnations, but they said little, leaving uncertainty about the future of sanctions and whether the American forces will remain widespread in the northeast.

This is partly due to the different opinions in Washington on how to deal with Syria. Some White House officials were keen to take a more solid position, pointing to the previous new Syrian leadership relations to al -Qaeda as a reason to maintain participation to a minimum, according to diplomats and American sources familiar to the policy -making process.

The sources added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had requested a more accurate approach in Syria, including the possible areas of engagement.

Differences earlier this month led to hot deliberations between the White House and the Foreign Ministry of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who condemned the violence in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians from the Ilite-Assad-Assad-after-after-after security forces were killed by the previously loyal loyal.

Rubio condemned “extremist Islamic terrorists, including foreign jihadists” who carried out violence, and called on the interim authorities of Syria to hold the perpetrators accountable.

Sources familiar with this operation said, the White House has sought a more severe statement while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prompted more balance.

Reuters reported last month that Israel was pressuring the United States to preserve weak and central Syria.

The sources said that the administration is still completely universal for Israel’s efforts to praise American communication with new rulers in Syria, but some Israeli concerns are gaining more traction with some American officials.