SYRIA

US Lifts Ban on Operations of US Oil Companies in Syria

The US has cleared the way for US oil companies to resume their activities in Syria, but Damascus remains on the US list of countries suspected of supporting terrorism, the State Department said on ll September. Spokesman Charles Redman said the Administration began informing the companies on 9 September that "we no longer believe it to be inappropriate to participate in Syria's oil sector." This step is the latest...