UN lifts sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa

NEW YORK CITY, Nov 07 (Arab News): The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to lift sanctions on Ahmad Al-Sharaa, effectively removing the Syrian president from the Daesh and Al-Qaeda Sanctions List in a move widely seen as signaling international recognition of the post-Assad political order in Syria.
Resolution 2729 was tabled by the US and adopted with 14 votes in favor, zero against and one abstention, by China. It also delists the Syrian interior minister, Anas Hasan Khattab, who was previously designated under the same sanctions regime.
Acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the council declared on Thursday that both officials were no longer subject to asset freezes or travel bans imposed under previous counterterrorism measures.
Al-Sharaa arrived in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday for the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference, COP 30, and is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Monday.