LONDON: Britain on Thursday removed 24 Syrian entities from its sanctions list and unfroze their assets, including the Central Bank of Syria, other banks and petroleum companies.
The West is rethinking its approach to Syria after insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham ousted Bashar Assad as president in December. Last month, European Union countries suspended a range of sanctions against Syria.
Britain’s foreign office did not give further details on the lifting of the sanctions and did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Syrian government media official did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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UK lifts sanctions against 24 Syrian entities including central bank
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UK lifts sanctions against 24 Syrian entities including central bank
- The West is rethinking its approach to Syria
- Britain’s foreign office did not give further details
Norway warns Gaza ceasefire ‘fragile,’ urges swift deployment of stabilization force
- Eide said the international stabilization force needed to function as a peacekeeping force.
DOHA: Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Saturday that the Gaza stabilization force and the Board of Peace must be put in place this month, adding that the current ceasefire was “fragile and cannot hold for many more weeks in its current phase.”
Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar, he said the international stabilization force needed to function as a peacekeeping force.
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