President Donald Trump on Monday lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, signing an executive order to carry out a promise he made in May. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters ahead of the signing that Trump's action was designed to "promote and support the country's path to stability and peace.

With more than three and a half years left in his second term, Donald Trump has already signed more executive orders as the United States president than all of his predecessors since Eisenhower