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EU’s ‘unwise’ move to sanction Syria’s FM only obstructs peace process: Iran

It’s shameful that, after nearly a decade of war, the European Union takes the step of sanctioning the new foreign minister of Syria, Mr. Faisal Mekdad. This shows that the EU is still America’s poodle, playing along with the US Coalition’s continuing war of attrition against Syria. And what is …

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UN expert: crippling US sanctions on Syria are illegal and hurting civilians

The following interview, by Aaron Maté, is republished from The Grayzone:  Crippling US sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act are decimating war-ravaged Syrian civilians, are illegal, and should be lifted, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions says.   An independent United Nations expert is calling on the US to lift …

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More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone

The following article, by Philip Giraldi, is republished from the Strategic Culture Foundation:  More sanctions, by all means. More grief and suffering and more people around the world wondering what exactly the United States is doing. I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the Department of the …

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Russia and Syria announce greater economic cooperation amid illegal western sanctions

Russia is trying to bust illegal western (including Canadian) sanctions on Syria. The practical effect of these “coercive economic measures” is that Syrian families have too few jobs,  little food to put on the table this Christmas, and even smaller amounts of cooking and heating oil. All of this, during …

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Washington threatens anyone who helps Syria rebuild after 9 years of US Attacks

The following article is republished from Cosmos Chronicle: The US Embassy in Syria threatened to punish anyone who dared to help suffering Syrians rebuild from 9+ years of US regime change attacks, including theft of oil fields and refineries and 1/3 of Syria’s best agricultural land along the Euphrates River. …

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Justin Trudeau should lift Canada’s economic sanctions now

The following article, by SSM Steering Committee member Ken Stone, was initially published at rabble.ca:  On March 23, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to G20 leaders: “I am encouraging the waiving of (economic) sanctions imposed on countries to ensure access to food, essential health supplies, and COVID-19 medical support. This is the time …

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