Top diplomats of the European Union are scheduled to meet on January 27 to discuss easing sanctions on Syria to revive the country’s struggling economy amid questions about the political direction that the war-torn nation’s new administration might take.
When the EU foreign ministers gather, the specific sanctions they will consider involve travel restrictions, Syrian exports of oil and gas, and access to infrastructure and humanitarian assistance, in addition to the gradual removal of restrictions on financial transactions, two European diplomatic sources with knowledge of the ongoing discussion in Brussels told Al Jazeera.
