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Czech Diplomat: Western Sanctions on Syria Cause Suffering of its People, Must be Lifted

published in English on the Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024, Source: AL-THAWRA (Pro-government newspaper) Former Czech Ambassador to Syria, Eva Filippi, emphasized that the Western sanctions imposed on Syria, affecting entire sectors, are causing significant suffering to the Syrian people and should be lifted. In an interview with Czech radio …

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Syria on the Brink of Recovery as Qatar and Turkey Change Their Policies

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, June 4, 2024 The Emir of Qatar, Tamim al Thani, recently said that he supports the street protests in Idlib, Syria where people are protesting the dictatorial rule of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group. This marks a monumental change in policy …

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The Looming Collapse: Syrian Economy on the Brink

Source: SYRIA TV (Opposition website), July 21, 2023 The Syrian pound has surpassed the critical threshold of ten thousand against the US dollar, signalling an imminent and potentially more severe collapse in the days to come. According to the recently released 2023 World Bank report, the real GDP of Syria …

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Inside the Anti-Syria Lobby’s Capitol Hill Push for More Starvation Sanctions

by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, March 20, 2024 A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical …

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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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What prevents Australia from showing empathy to Syrians?

by Susan Dirgham, published on Pearls and Irritations, November 13, 2023 Australian foreign policy makers seem not to realise that the demographic makeup of Australia means increasing numbers of us are connected to victims of wars instigated by the United States. Australians’ support for future US wars cannot be relied …

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No To NATO! No To War!

Published by George Galloway on Youtube, October 12, 2023 Great discussion that talks about both Ukraine and the Middle East.  The Palestinian breakout had just occurred when it was recorded.  Good commentators.  Very interesting. George Galloway with Prof. Seyed M. Marandi, Richard Medhurst and Tara Reade (A U.S. whistleblower now …

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Killing Lebanon to Punish Syria

by Mohammad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, October 4, 2023 As only one of two Levantine states flanking the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon’s geographic location is of great interest to the various road, rail, and waterway connectivity projects emerging in West Asia – not only in connecting the region, but …

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The US, Russia, and Iran Butt Heads in Syria and Iraq

by Hamed al-Rubaie, published on The Cradle, August 23, 2023 Add to this the fact that there are numerous recent provocations and clashes between the Syrian army and Idlib based terrorists, and it looks like things are heating up across the country.  [Editor] In a significant development last month, US …

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I Crashed an Anti-Syria Lobby Meeting Where They Pushed for a New Caliphate and More Starvation Sanctions

by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, August 21, 2023 I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington’s economic war for another 8 years. Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the …

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