play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow28:00Inside StoryIs Syria stable enough to engage with the world?The Trump administration plans to remove Syria from a list of state sponsors of ‘terrorism’.
It’s now a year and a half since the Bashar al-Assad regime was overthrown in Syria.
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has visited countries in the region as well as the US, as his transitional government tries to bring Syria out of diplomatic and economic isolation.
Washington has lifted sanctions and plans to remove Damascus from the list of state sponsors of “terrorism”, a designation that dates back to 1979.
But security challenges continue – the latest being twin attacks in the capital this month.
There is also pressure from Israel, which has occupied additional territory in the southwest of Syria since the Assad regime was deposed.
Omar Abu Laila – Political and Syrian affairs analyst
Khaled Batarfi – Political and Saudi affairs analyst
