Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani welcomed the U.S. Senate’s repeal of the Caesar Act as a historic step that opens a new path toward Syria’s recovery and reconstruction.
In a post on X, Minister al-Shaibani commented on the U.S. Senate decision, saying that over the past months, under the guidance of President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “has worked to lift one of the heaviest burdens that has constrained our nation economically and politically.”
“This step restores the dignity of the Syrian people and their right to rebuild and shape their future, while reviving the vitality of state institutions to rise and prosper,” al-Shaibani added.
He said that the abolition of the Act represents the beginning of “a new era of construction and revival based on dignity and justice.”
The Foreign Minister pledged to continue working for “the Syria we dream of, in loyalty to our martyrs, the mothers of the missing, the detained, and the orphans, and to every Syrian who suffered from the brutality of the Assad regime.”
The veteran Republican Senator Joe Wilson announced that the U.S. Senate has voted to repeal the Caesar Act sanctions.
In a post on X, Wilson thanked the Senate for including the repeal in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), stating that the harsh sanctions targeted a regime that “no longer exists” and that Syria’s future “depends on full and total repeal.”
Wilson and the Syrian American Alliance have long advocated for lifting the sanctions on Syria and have urged Congress to support President Donald Trump’s position and approve a full repeal of the Caesar Act.
The Syrian American Council pointed out that the new article stipulates the repeal of the Caesar Act without any conditions or restrictions, with the decision set to enter into force by the end of this year. He emphasized that this will contribute to ending the harsh economic restrictions that have hobbled the Syrian economy since the law was passed in 2019.
The Council added that the final version of the article was amended to remove the clauses that required the automatic reimposition of sanctions, making them non-binding targets that would only be reassessed if no progress is achieved within 12 consecutive months. This, the Council described as a failure of attempts to maintain the law as a permanent weapon that hinders investment and reconstruction in Syria.
The Senate's version of the budget will be presented to the US House of Representatives for discussion and vote, before it is submitted to the US President for signature and entry into force before the end of this year.
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