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Syria in International Context

US Lawmakers Urge White House to Enact ‘Syria Sanctions Relief’: Report

from the News Desk of The Cradle, December 12, 2024 Two members of the US Congress are urging the White House to ease “some sanctions” on Syria to help its economy in the wake of the takeover of the country by extremist armed groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). …

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The Economic War Against Syria

by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation …

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Assad: We are Indirect Partners in Genocide

President al-Assad: What we need is decision to use the tools we possess to stop the Zionist massacres, genocide and ethnic cleansing by Mazen Eyon, published on SANA, November 11, 2024 Riyadh, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad stressed that priority now is to stop the massacres, genocide and ethnic cleansing committed …

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Why Israel Targets Syria: The Geopolitical Stakes of Damascus’s Support for the Resistance

by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, November 1, 2024 Over the past decade, Syria has faced hundreds of Israeli air attacks claiming to primarily target weapons manufacturing, transport, and storage facilities. According to Tel Aviv, these strikes are intended to “cut off supply routes” from Iran to Lebanon’s …

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US Tees Up Ukrainian and Syrian Extremist Proxies in Fight Against Russia

by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, October 13, 2024 In a familiar strategy of backing proxy forces, the US has orchestrated a toxic alliance between Ukrainian forces and Syrian extremists to counter Russia’s influence — continuing Washington’s decades-long pattern of leveraging terror groups to pursue its geopolitical goals. …

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Italy Restores Diplomatic Ties With Syria

from the News Desk, published on The Cradle, July 26, 2024 Rome, along with seven other EU nations, recently called on Brussels to play ‘a more active role’ in Syria Italy became the first G7 nation to restore diplomatic ties with Syria on 26 July, appointing Stefano Ravagnan as their …

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Russia Strikes Terrorist’s Base in Homs

from Mehr News, June, 3, 2024 Tehran~ Russia’s aerospace forces struck a base of terrorists from the US-controlled al-Tanf area in Syria’s Homs governorate, Yury Popov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said on Sunday. …

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Emir of Kuwait Dissolves the National Assembly and Takes Aim at the Muslim Brotherhood

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 18, 2024 Dr. Waleed al-Tabtabai, a former Kuwaiti member of the National Assembly, and a man integrally involved in the fundraising of the Radical Islamic terrorists who invaded Syria and killed thousands of unarmed civilians, was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on May …

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DECONSTRUCTING H.R. 3202: ISRAEL’S PERSISTENT ROLE IN SANCTIONING SYRIA

By Hekmat Aboukhater, MintPress News. February 23, 2024 On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where it will most …

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French Court Seeks to Restrain Syrian President from International Conference

Lawfare harassment of Bashar Assad: After French Warrant, is the UAE Forced to Arrest Assad Ahead of Climate Summit? by Enab al Baladi (Opposition Newspaper), published on The Syrian Observer, November 20, 2023 Experts predict that the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs will request the UAE Foreign Ministry’s cooperation, according …

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