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Syria hails US lifting of sanctions as ‘positive step’
People walk past a billboard displaying portraits of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump with a slogan thanking Saudi Arabia and the United States, in Damascus on May 14, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
Syria hails the formal lifting of sanctions by the United States as a “positive step” that will help its post-war recovery.
“The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the decision from the American government to lift the sanctions imposed on Syria and its people for long years,” a foreign ministry statement says, adding that it was a positive step in the right direction to reduce humanitarian and economic struggles in the country.”
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