UN Security Council lifts terror-related sanctions on Syrian president Sharaa [SOUND]

# The United Nations Security Council has voted to remove Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior minister Anas Khattab from the ISIS and al-Qaeda sanctions list. The US-drafted resolution passed with 14 votes in favour and one abstention by China. Sharaa led the anti-regime forces that ousted Bashar al-Assad, and declared president for a transitional period in late January. US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, described the resolution as a strong political signal that recognises that Syria is in a new era: