A shopkeeper, George M'bayed, said he wanted to see the sanctions lifted so merchants could import products necessary for rebuilding Syria.
The crippling US and EU sanctions prevented even private donations from going to Syria while strangling any hope of foreign investments out of fear of sanctions penalties.
The future of Syria is uncertain. The political wing of the opposition has yet to arrive in Damascus and begin a plan to set Syria on a path of secular democracy. Hadi Al-Bahra, the President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, has said "the ultimate goal remains to achieve lasting peace for Syrians and transition to a democratic, pluralistic system as stipulated by UN Resolution 2254."
Steven Sahiounie is a two-time award-winning journalist.
This article is originally published at MideastDiscours
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