frozen snapshot — 2026-07-18 · see today →

What's on Ahmed al-Sharaa's mind?

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off the terror list 28% handling Hezbollah 22% the rockets on the road 15% the appointed assembly 12% everything else 23%

47 Years Later, Syria Comes Off the Blacklist

Washington lifts the state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation, and the investment pitch writes itself.

Syria taken off US terror blacklist after 47 years, paving way for investment

RFI · 2026-07-18

our translation

sanctions were the ceiling under everything else. take the ceiling off and reconstruction stops being a press release and starts being wire transfers.

delisting announced July 18very sure · 1 source

Trump Keeps Floating Damascus as Lebanon's Bouncer

Trump repeated the ask publiclypretty sure · 1 source

A Truckload of Rockets, Stopped Short of the Border

seizure publicized two days agovery sure · 2 sources

The Think Tanks Have Now Read His Parliament

two teardowns published same daypretty sure · 2 sources

saturday, july 18

Call Gulf investors before the delisting headline cools(safe bet)

Thank Washington warmly without agreeing to enter Lebanon(reported)

Make sure the seized rockets get photographed for US officials(safe bet)

Read the parliament critiques, respond to neither(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Syria taken off US terror blacklist after 47 years, paving way for investment

news.google.com · 2026-07-18

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