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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US to Allow Foreign Investment in Northeast Syria without Sanctions

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and the Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita (not pictured) hold a joint press conference after the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Marrakech, Morocco, 11 May 2022. (EPA)

The United States will allow some foreign investment in areas of northeast Syria outside government control without coming under sanctions, it said on Wednesday, a move it says is aimed at helping a region previously controlled by ISIS.

Speaking in Marrakech at a meeting of the global coalition against ISIS, US acting assistant secretary of state Victoria Nuland said Washington would issue a general license, which frees companies from US sanctions restrictions.

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