The Northern Railroad was built on the private funds. The railroad was the creation railroad entrepreneur James J. Hill in the 19th-century. The company St. Paul and Pacific Railroad changed its name in Great Northern Railroad Company under James J. Hill. The company was in bankrupt before Hill and others invested in it. They turned the company into profit and success by expanding it in Northwest.
In 2003 President Bush imposed many economic sanctions against Syria. The US banned all American exports excluding food and medicine, all fights were barred, all Syrian assets that had ties to terrorism were frozen.
