The US has used this period to focus on getting rid of terror threats that could emerge in the vacuum in Syria.

There's been an increase in US forces' drone attacks on former Al Qaeda operatives in the Syrian province of Idlib since the fall of Bachar al-Assad's regime. Analysis by FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, said that the decision to lift sanctions is “immediate and open-ended” but warned that it ...