US sanctions

The reversal comes just days after a judge ruled the measures were unacceptable because they were a limitation on free expression

The New Arab Staff
28 May, 2026
Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent testifies during a during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on the Treasury Departmentâs 2027 budget request in Washington, DC on April 22, 2026.
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Treasury Department
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View of the Turkish Halkbank building in Istanbul. (Photo by John Wreford/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Territories, meets the citizenship of Genoa on October 07, 2025 in Genoa, Italy
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IRAN-US [Getty]
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Women walk below of a mural of Simon Bolivar (L) and former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) during a protest
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 Eskandar Momeni, 62, is speaking to lawmakers in the Iranian Parliament in Tehran, Iran, on August 20, 2024.
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Stage Protest Marches In The UK London
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Iran-Oil Transportation
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A man holds the Iranian flag as supporters of Iraqi pro-Iran groups demonstrate in Baghdad near the green zone, the ultra secured neighbourhood hosting the US embassy, on June 16, 2025 (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Four Dutch participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla, previously detained in Israel, arrive at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam via Madrid, where staff from the Dutch Embassy provide assistance during their return to the Netherlands, on October 06, 2025.
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Syrians have been calling for the sanctions to be lifted ever since the ouster of the Assad regime [Getty]
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Large oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf, Iran
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