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Sanctions were levied during the rule of Bashar al-Assad who was toppled in December.
European Union countries have given a green light to lifting all economic sanctions on Syria in a bid to help the war-torn country recover after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, according to diplomats.
Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member states struck a preliminary agreement for the move, which should be formally unveiled by foreign ministers meeting in Brussels later on Tuesday, diplomats told the AFP news agency.
This follows the United States announcement last week that it is also lifting sanctions on Damascus.
The European regional bloc lifted select sanctions on Syria in February, including those on oil, gas and electricity.
Sanctions were levied during the rule of al-Assad. The country’s new leadership has urged the West to ease the restrictions in order to help Syria recover from years of despotic rule and civil war.
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