President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending the Syria sanctions program. The administration describes it as a way to support the country’s path to peace and stability.

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.

By Andrea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a U.S. sanctions program 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.