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

The Trump administration is moving forward with support for the new Syrian government. A significant part of that initiative involves sanctions relief and giving Syria the chance to be invested in and rebuild after 14 years of civil war.

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.