内容摘要：“One thing, one thing. I always wanted to do that. I hope everyone follow me,” the 22-year-old Spaniard said.

“One thing, one thing. I always wanted to do that. I hope everyone follow me,” the 22-year-old Spaniard said.

Since seizing power, al-Sharaa’s government has struggled to weld a patchwork of undisciplined former rebel factions together into a national army.The lifting of the broader sanctions on Syria comes days after the United States granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions in a first step toward fulfilling President Donald Trump’s pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a country shattered by 13 years of civil war. A measure by the U.S. State Department waived for six months a tough set of sanctions imposed by Congress in 2019.

The easing of sanctions removes one of the major barriers to reconstruction of the country, which the United Nations in 2017 estimated would cost at least $250 billion. Some experts now say that number could reach at least $400 billion.The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrians live in poverty and state-supplied electricity comes as little as two hours every day.Sewell reported from Beirut.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their use and targets as the Kyiv government fights to repelSome of the advanced weapon systems that allies have supplied to Ukraine during the 3-year war were subject to range and target restrictions — a

stemming from fears that if the weapons struck deep inside Russia, the Kremlin might retaliate against the country that provided them and draw NATO into Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Standing beside visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Merz said that under an intensified cooperation agreement, Germany “will strive to equip the Ukrainian army with all the capabilities that truly enable it to successfully defend the country,” including upgraded domestic missile production., Madison Keys, Amanda Anisimova and Hailey Baptiste. “It’s exciting to see. Obviously you want to see your fellow countrymen do well on the other side, and I’m always actually keeping up with them quite a lot. So I hope they keep it going.”

Won’t be easy, of course, perhaps especially for the 13th-seeded Shelton, the big-serving lefty who goes up againstof Spain for a berth in the quarterfinals. No. 12 Paul takes on No. 25

of Australia; No. 15 Tiafoe meets unseeded Daniel Altmaier of Germany.Not since Courier and Pete Sampras in 1996 have multiple Americans made it to the quarterfinals in Paris.