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US Pledges to ‘Starve’ Iraq of Oil Revenue if Pro-Iran Parties Join New Government

January 25, 2026 Iraq, News Comments Off on US Pledges to ‘Starve’ Iraq of Oil Revenue if Pro-Iran Parties Join New Government

from the News Desk @ The Cradle, January 23, 2026 Washington has threatened to block Iraq’s access to its own oil revenue held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if representatives of Shia armed parties enjoying support from Iran are included in the next government, Reuters reported on …

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Syria: A Case Study in the Devastating Effects of Economic Coercive Measures on a Population

June 5, 2025 sanctions, Statements, Syria in International Context, Syrian Economy Comments Off on Syria: A Case Study in the Devastating Effects of Economic Coercive Measures on a Population

Statement by SanctionsKill and Syria Support Movement International SanctionsKill and the Syria Support Movement welcome the statement by US president Donald Trump ordering the lifting of economic sanctions on Syria.1 As stated in the Verdict of the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism, economic coercive measures are: “inherently violent, designed …

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