In the wake of recent Israeli strikes near Damascus and renewed U.S.-Syria relations, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), called on Israel to stop all hostilities in Syria on Thursday.

“The message was clear: Syria needs a chance to succeed and move past the violence and strife that consumed the country for over 14 years. Last night’s destabilizing strikes on Syria by Israel make that goal more difficult to achieve,” the lawmakers said in a statement.

The legislators commended U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent order to lift sanctions on Syria, as well as the work of Tom Barrack, the U.S. special envoy for Syria, who oversaw “a once-unthinkable and historic meeting occurred directly between the Syrian and Israeli governments jus

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