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US lifts sanctions on ex-Syrian PM

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US lifts sanctions on ex-Syrian PM

By: AAP | International News | Wednesday August 15 2012 11:26

 

The US has lifted sanctions against former Syrian prime minister Riad Hijab, who defected earlier this month, as it urges others abandon Bashar Al-Assad's regime.

In a move aimed at convincing members of Assad's inner circle that they haven't been permanently blacklisted, the US Treasury Department has unfrozen Hijabs's assets.

Western policymakers hope that a wave of defections will force the collapse of the government, ending a conflict that seems to be in stalemate.

Photo: Getty Images

 

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