The United States is pushing the U.N. Security Council to end sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and top officials just days before his...

The United States is pushing the U.N. Security Council to end sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and top officials just days before his...

US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said the move sent a "strong political signal" that Syria was in a "new era".

Fourteen members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of the US-drafted resolution. China abstained.

NEW YORK CITY: 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…