The sanctions relief fulfils the Trump administration’s pledges following the US leader’s May meeting with al-Sharaa in Riyadh, during which he promised to lift or waive decades-old sanctions against Syria.
The UN Security Council voted Thursday to lift sanctions on Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and government members days before his historic White House visit, the first by a Syrian president to Washington since 1946.
The resolution dropping UN sanctions tied to al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab passed with 14 members in favour and China abstaining.
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