Lawmakers Call for Ending Caesar Sanctions Targeting Syria
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the leading Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside Republican Representative Joe Wilson, expressed their position in an opinion piece published by Foreign Policy magazine, ahead of a widely anticipated Senate vote on the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The proposed legislation contains a clause that would eliminate penalties enforced through the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act.
“These sanctions now punish a country made up of Assad’s former victims—who are all trying to recover. If we do not change course, Syria’s suffering and its people’s hard-won progress could be squandered,” they wrote.
The lawmakers also argued that temporary exemptions are insufficient to stimulate the level of investment required for rebuilding efforts.
“Repealing debilitating sanctions will allow Syrians to meet the many demands we place on them by building the capacity to find and destroy chemical weapons, halt the illegal drug trade, destroy the Islamic State, and develop the means to protect all Syrian citizens equally,” they said.
Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the $901 billion NDAA, which incorporates a complete rollback of the Caesar sanctions, and forwarded the measure to the Senate.
Should the Senate pass the bill, the NDAA is anticipated to receive final approval through the signature of President Donald Trump.
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