The US has set conditions for Syria to ease sanctions.

The United States has given Syria a list of conditions that Damascus must fulfill to ease sanctions, reportsREUTERS with reference to sources.

According to them, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and Syria Affairs Natasha Franceschi conveyed a list of demands to Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani at a personal meeting on the sidelines of the Syria donor conference in Brussels.

Sources noted that the American conditions included the following:

• the destruction by Syria of all remaining stockpiles of chemical weapons and cooperation in the fight against terrorism;
• banning foreign rebels from holding leadership positions in the Syrian government;
• Damascus should appoint a coordinator to assist the United States in the search for American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria more than a decade ago.

In exchange for these demands, the US will provide some sanctions relief, the sources added, but did not specify which restrictions they were talking about.

Currently, almost the entire population of Syria lives below the poverty line, with approximately 75% living on less than $3.65 per person per day and 33% living on less than $2.15, which is considered extreme poverty.

Before the civil war that began in 2011, Syria was a major oil exporter , earning $3–5 billion, with European countries being the main buyers. The new Syrian government has no control over many oil fields. These are primarily concentrated in the northeast of the republic, which is still controlled by Kurdish militias that are not subservient to the new Damascus authorities.

In January, the US Treasury Department removed certain financial transactions with the new Syrian leadership from its sanctions list, including energy transactions.

In February, the EU eased sanctions . In particular, the discussion was about lifting restrictions in the energy sector (includingoil , gas and electricity) and transport sectors.

Five banks and companies were exempted from sanctions—the Industrial Bank, the People's Credit Bank, the Savings Bank, the Agricultural Cooperative Bank, and Syrian Arab Airlines—and their assets were frozen. Brussels also authorized the "provision of funds and economic resources to the Central Bank of Syria."

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