Europe Rethinks Syria Policy: New Proposal Would Ease Sanctions on Key Government Ministries - The Syrian Observer

Europe Rethinks Syria Policy: New Proposal Would Ease Sanctions on Key Government Ministries - The Syrian Observer

In a notable shift in European policy toward post-Assad Syria, the European Union’s top foreign affairs official, Kaja Kallas, has proposed a new package of sanctions relief that would allow EU member states to fund Syrian government ministries—including the Ministries of Defence and Interior—in limited areas such as reconstruction, capacity-building, counterterrorism, and migration management. The confidential proposal, outlined in a document d…