The Trump administration announced on December 15, 2025, a significant expansion of its travel ban policy, set to take effect on January 1, 2026. According to the White House, nationals from six additional countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Syria and holders of Palestinian Authority (PA) travel documents will not be eligible to enter the United States.

After the Palestinian Authority’s President Abbas issued the Decree-Law No. (4) of 2025 on 10/2/2025, canceling the allocations for prisoners and martyrs, in response to American orders and Jewish pressure, and then the Authority’s rush to inform America, as reported by the American website Axios, quoting one of its officials as saying:

 Within the framework of reviving the anniversary of the demolition of the Khilafah (Caliphate) in Rajab 1342 AH, a delegation from Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah Sudan met, in the city of Al-Qadarif, the Nazir of the Bakar Native Administration, Saif al-Dawla Al-Haydar Al-Tahir Bakar,

It appears that the increased pressure exerted by the American occupation forces on the Iraqi government in Baghdad, and their refusal to deal with any Iraqi government that includes armed factions or their allies, has yielded results with these factions, especially given their approximately 80 parliamentary seats.