# US-Syria realigned | This is America

https://mins.news/en/video/25580

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-18 23:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6QvaPsHdY

> Syria remains on the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, but President Donald Trump has told Congress he wants to remove it. Trump is seeking more in return and has even floated Syria confronting Hezbollah directly. Al Sharaa is taking a safer approach, intercepting weapons at the border rather than drawing Syria into the war in Lebanon.

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