The European Union agreed on Tuesday to lift all remaining economic sanctions on Syria, hoping the relief will ease access to financial funds and speed up the war-battered country's recovery after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship in December.
"We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria. The EU has always stood by Syrians throughout the last 14 years - and will keep doing so," High Representative Kaja Kallas said at the end of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers.
