In order to facilitate the rapid delivery of humanitarian aid to the victims of the 6 February (and 20 February) earthquakes in Syria, the EU Council decided on Thursday 23 February to amend, by means of a regulation, the sanctions regime that has been in force since 2011 due to the situation in Syria and which already included a wide-ranging humanitarian exception to ensure the continued delivery of humanitarian aid to any part of the country.
The EU Council highlights that these...