BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on easing an arms embargo on Syria, Austria's foreign minister said, a deadlock that might enable some EU states to go it alone in sending weapons to rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
If no deal can be salvaged in late-night talks between EU foreign ministers, all EU sanctions on Syria, including those on the Assad government, will expire on Saturday, leaving individual member states to decide whether to keep the restrictions in place.
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