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Lawmakers Visit Syria to Push for Repealing Sanctions Law

A bipartisan pair of members of Congress made the first official U.S. visit there since the fall of the Assad government, arguing that it was time to permanently lift American sanctions.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

A damaged billboard of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in January, a month after he was overthrown.
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Lawmakers Visit Syria to Push for Repealing Sanctions Law

A bipartisan pair of members of Congress made the first official U.S. visit there since the fall of the Assad government, arguing that it was time to permanently lift American sanctions.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

A damaged billboard of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in January, a month after he was overthrown.
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