Syrians hopeful for the future after US and EU sanctions relief

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Syrians hopeful for the future after US and EU sanctions relief  US President Donald Trump granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions in a major first step toward fulfilling his pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a country shattered by 14 years of civil war.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/24/syrians-hopeful-for-the-future-after-us-and-eu-sanctions-relief  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Syrians on the streets of Damascus welcomed the temporary U.S. easing of sanctions on Saturday,

00:08which U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.

00:12The Syrian Foreign Ministry said it extends its hand to anyone that wants to cooperate with Damascus,

00:20as long as there is no internal intervention from their behalf.

00:24Meanwhile, residents celebrate the news.

00:30We hope that we can see a state at a low level of fraud,

00:35we can see the higher participation, the higher participation and the higher participation.

00:38We hope that the government will be able to help us because it is a very historical opportunity in Syria.

00:45The sanctions imposed in 2019 had aimed to isolate Syria's previous dictator Bashar al-Assad.

00:52The European Union also agreed on Tuesday to lift all remaining economic sanctions on Syria.

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