The fulfillment of a Trump promise temporarily raises some sanctions against Syria

The Trump administration increased several major sanctions against Syria on Friday, a first step to make President Trump's promise in the early this month to build a stable government to the new leader of the country after the fall of the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad last year.

The finance department raised regulations that prohibit US citizens and companies that most financial transactions with Syrian citizens and companies, including the Syrian central bank, shared, said officials. At the same time, the Foreign Ministry announced that there were further hard sanctions for six months that Syria was imposed on Caesar Syria as part of the Caesar Syria Syria.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said in an explanation that the lifting of the sanctions “promoting recovery and reconstruction efforts in Syria” and the provision of electricity, energy, water and hygiene would facilitate more effective humanitarian response in the country.

The government of Assad held an uprising in 2011 and triggered a civil war that caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people and forced a mass tooth erode of Syrians.

In December, the Assad regime was finally overturned by a rebel alliance after more than 10 years of fighting, and Ahmed al-Shara, a rebel leader, became president. Mr. Al-Shara once headed a branch of al-Qaida, but later collapsed with the jihadist group. In recent interviews, he has expressed support for democracy and presented a more pragmatic, nationalist approach for the government.

During his trip to Saudi Arabia this month, Mr. Trump agreed to meet Mr. Al-Shara and became the first American leader of a generation to shake hands with a Syrian head of state.

Mr. Trump said he had made the decision to raise the sanctions in Syria after he spoke to the Puratal President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had supported the anti-assadic uprising, and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

“There is a new government that hopefully succeeds in stabilizing the country and keeping peace,” said Trump on May 13th in Saudi Arabia. “We want to see that in Syria.”