DAMASCUS Syrian men speak on their phones on a street in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani welcomed a decision by the European Union on Tuesday to lift economic sanctions against his country, calling it “a new historic achievement” for the Syrian people. “We, together with our people, have achieved a historic victory through the lifting of EU sanctions on Syria ,” Shaibani wrote on X. He thanked EU member states and all parties involved in “this