United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a list of countries subject to a full travel ban, prohibiting citizens from an additional seven countries, including Syria, from entering the country.<\/p>\n
The White House said in a statement that Trump signed a proclamation \u201cexpanding and strengthening entry restrictions on nationals from countries with demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing to protect the Nation from national security and public safety threats\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s move banned citizens from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Syria and those holding Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents.<\/p>\n
The action also imposes a full ban on Laos and Sierra Leone, which had previously only been subject to partial restrictions.<\/p>\n
The White House said the expanded ban goes into effect on January 1.<\/p>\n
The action comes despite Trump\u2019s vow to do everything he could to make Syria successful after landmark talks in November with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al Qaeda commander who until recently was sanctioned by Washington as a foreign terrorist.<\/p>\n
Trump has backed Sharaa, whose visit capped a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled longtime autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad and has since traveled the world trying to depict himself as a moderate leader who wants to unify his war-ravaged nation and end its decades of international isolation.<\/p>\n
But in a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, Trump vowed \u201cvery serious retaliation\u201d after the US military said two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead.<\/p>\n
He described the incident in remarks to reporters as a \u201cterrible\u201d attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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