The European Union, EU, on Monday suspended some sanctions against Syria.
The sanctions were lifted during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
Restrictions were lifted in the areas of energy sector that covered oil, gas and electricity.
Sanctions were also lifted in the transport sector, banking, transport and reconstruction.
EU had placed some sanctions targeting both individuals and economic sectors in Syria.
The sanctions were revisited by EU after insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted former President Bashar al-Assad as president in December.
However, EU also lifted asset freezes for five banks, eased restrictions on the Syrian central bank and indefinitely extended an exemption to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid.
EU states maintained a range of other sanctions related to the Assad authorities, including those on arms trading, dual-use goods with both military and civilian uses, software for surveillance and the international trade of Syrian cultural heritage goods.
They said they would continue to monitor the situation in Syria to ensure that the suspensions remained appropriate.