The European Union decided to lift sanctions from Syria, the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service Kai Callas said on the X social network. “Throughout the EU, he always supported the Syrians – and will continue to do it,” said Callas. Kallas did not specify whether all the sanctions will be lifted at once or this will happen in stages. On the eve of Deutsche Welle, citing diplomatic sources, it wrote that Brussels speak of a “reversible and gradual approach” to relieve sanctions against Damascus and leave the opportunity to cancel extensions. US President Donald Trump on May 13 stated that he also intends to relieve sanctions from Syria. Sancations against Syria from Western countries were introduced when the country’s president was Bashar Assad. In December 2024, he was overthrown and fled to Russia. Former Islamist rebels from the group came to power. They promised that Syria would be a democratic state. (Tagstotranslate) News
