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Lebanese Presidency: US to Help Lebanon with Electricity

A passenger plane flies over Beirut, Lebanon, a capital in darkness because of a power outage, March 29, 2021.(AP)
A passenger plane flies over Beirut, Lebanon, a capital in darkness because of a power outage, March 29, 2021.(AP)
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Lebanese Presidency: US to Help Lebanon with Electricity

A passenger plane flies over Beirut, Lebanon, a capital in darkness because of a power outage, March 29, 2021.(AP)
A passenger plane flies over Beirut, Lebanon, a capital in darkness because of a power outage, March 29, 2021.(AP)

The Lebanese presidency said on Thursday that the United States has decided to assist Lebanon with electricity provision as the country struggles with crippling fuel shortages.

It said the US ambassador informed President Michel Aoun of the decision through a phone call on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the US Embassy in Lebanon.

The plan would provide Egyptian natural gas to Jordan for generation into additional electricity that can be transmitted to Lebanon via Syria, as well as facilitate the transfer of natural gas to Lebanon.

Negotiations are continuing with the World Bank to finance the cost of the gas, the presidency statement said.

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EU Says It Is Ready to Ease Sanctions on Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) pose for a photo during their meeting in Ankara, Türkiye, 24 January 2025. (EPA)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) pose for a photo during their meeting in Ankara, Türkiye, 24 January 2025. (EPA)
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EU Says It Is Ready to Ease Sanctions on Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) pose for a photo during their meeting in Ankara, Türkiye, 24 January 2025. (EPA)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) pose for a photo during their meeting in Ankara, Türkiye, 24 January 2025. (EPA)

The European Union’s foreign policy chief said the 27-member bloc is ready to ease sanctions on Syria, but added the move would be a gradual one contingent on the transitional Syrian government’s actions.

Speaking during a joint news conference in Ankara with Türkiye's foreign minister on Friday, Kaja Kallas also said the EU was considering introducing a “fallback mechanism” that would allow it to reimpose sanctions if the situation in Syria worsens.

“If we see the steps of the Syrian leadership going to the right direction, then we are also willing to ease next level of sanctions,” she said. “We also want to have a fallback mechanism. If we see that the developments are going to the wrong direction, we are also putting the sanctions back.”

The top EU diplomat said the EU would start by easing sanctions that are necessary to rebuild the country that has been battered by more than a decade of civil war.

The plan to ease sanctions on Syria would be discussed at a EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday, Kallas said.