The US has removed Syria from its list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” a label first applied against the government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad nearly five decades ago. Syria’s current president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, hailed the move as “historic” and said it would give the country a much-needed boost through foreign investment. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler learned more from Mutasem Syoufi, the executive director of the The Day After, a Damascus-based NGO supporting democratic transition in Syria, who joined from Brussels.