President Donald Trump is urging Qatar to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the U.S. over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal.

Qatar is set to provide Syria with $29 million monthly for three months that can be extended to pay salaries, the Syrian finance minister said in a statement on Wednesday.

Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater yesterday met with Charge D Affaires at the Embassy of Syria in Qatar H

In a statement published on Tuesday evening on its official account on (X) platform, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared, “The State of Qatar welcomes the friendly United States President’s intent to lift sanctions on the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic and considers it a step toward supporting stability in Syria.”

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams along with the FBI.

Assad's authoritarian regime fell last year after rebels led by the former Al Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir Al Sham took control of Damascus.