Syria is unable to make deals to import fuel, wheat or other key goods due to strict US sanctions and despite many countries, including Gulf Arab states, wanting to do so, Syria's new trade minister said.
Reuters at his office in Damascus, Maher Khalil al-Hasan said Syria's new ruling administration had managed to scrape together enough wheat and fuel for a few months, but the country faces a "catastrophe" if sanctions are not frozen or lifted soon.
caretaker government set up by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham after it launched a lightning offensive that toppled autocratic President Bashar al-Assad on 8 December after 13 years of civil war.
imposed during Assad's rule, targeting his government and also state institutions such as the central bank.
backers of the Assad government, previously provided most of Syria's wheat and oil products, but both stopped doing so after the rebels triumphed and Assad fled to Moscow.
announced an easing of restrictions on providing humanitarian aid and other basic services, such as electricity, to Syria while maintaining its strict sanctions regime.
Biden administration aims to send a signal of goodwill to Syria's people and its new Islamist rulers and pave the way for improving basic services and living conditions in the war-ravaged country.
designated a terrorist entity by Washington several years ago but which, after breaking with Islamist militant group Al Qaeda, has recently signalled a more moderate approach.
Reuters he was aware of reports that some sanctions may soon be eased or frozen.
(Reuters)
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