UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Syrian president

The US-drafted resolution has also removed sanctions on the country’s interior minister

The United Nations Security Council has voted in favor of a US resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his visit to Washington next week.

The US-drafted resolution on Thursday also removed sanctions on Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab. According to the Security Council’s statement, it decided that both should be “delisted from the ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.” The resolution was approved by 14 council members; only China abstained.

Al-Sharaa, who once led the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) under his nom…

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