The president administration Joe Biden announced in a statement on Sunday that “Washington issued a limited exemption from sanctions imposed on regional countries which provide aid to Syria’s new administration.”
The administration officials said in the statement: “US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken informed Congress last Friday that the administration is easing some restrictions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for countries that support Syria.”
The statement added: “Syria may face restrictions on US assistance because Syria is designated as a country sponsor of terrorism during the ousted Assad regime rule.”
The statement pointed out that “this exemption, includes the government of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the Emirates, in addition to Ukraine.”
Earlier this month, the US Treasury authorized certain transactions with the new government in Syria.
It is noteworthy that the US, UK, the European Union and other countries imposed strict sanctions on Syria following the campaign of repression launched by the ousted Assad regime against protests demanding political change in 2011, which later turned into an all-out war.
