# ‘Shaking off a dark burden’: Syrian leader welcomes US terror delisting

https://mins.news/en/video/31288

- Reuters, 2026-08-25 06:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_358lnwV7Ws

> After the United States ended Syria’s listing as a state sponsor of terrorism, President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a video that his country was shedding a “dark burden” and turning toward development.

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