U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad.

US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree.

President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a US sanctions programme on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.