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EU agrees to tackle Syria sanctions as Western, Arab leaders meet in Riyadh

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives for a meeting on Syria, following the recent toppling of President Bashar al-Assad, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2025 [Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]

European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria as foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle East convened in Saudi Arabia in the first such regional meeting since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad last month.

Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said on Sunday that the foreign ministers would convene in Brussels on January 27 to probe how the 27-member bloc might approach the issue.

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