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Syria’s foreign minister urges US to lift sanctions during visit to Qatar

Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani was appointed as Syria's foreign minister after the fall of ousted President Bashar al-Assad [File: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters]

Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani has called on the United States to lift crippling sanctions on his country, as he visited Qatar as part of a regional trip to seek support after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Following a meeting with Qatar’s prime minister on Sunday, al-Shaibani told reporters that US sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country’s rapid recovery.

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