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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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Syrian Quake Triggers Arab Debate on Defying US Sanctions

by Georgio Cafiero and Alexander Langlois, published on The Cradle, March 6, 2023 The devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkiye in February has sparked a region wide conversation about the possibility of Arab states directly engaging with Damascus and bypassing the US sanctions that have crippled its economy. Among the …

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Assad Demands Withdrawal of Turkish Forces for Continuation of Talks

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 12, 2023 On 12 January, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the special envoy of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s proposal to establish bilateral talks between Damascus and Ankara; however, Assad remarked that any talks between the two states …

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Sanctions on Syria Aren’t Punishing Assad. They’re Hurting Syrians

by Natalie Armbruster, published on Reason, June 17, 2022 We disagree with Ms Armbruster’s take on the context of the Syria War and we certainly don’t think that the U.S. will get bored at some point and take over reconstruction of Syria.  However, she makes a strong and credible argument …

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Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Preparing for War with Iran? Major Purchases of “Bunker Buster” Bombs and Missiles from Pentagon

Oct 18, 2013, Global Research The Pentagon plans to sell $10.8 Billion worth of military weapons to its closest allies in the Middle East besides Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Pentagon will sell Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two of …

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Pentagon to sell bunker busters, cruise missiles to Gulf monarchies in $11bn deal

Oct 18, RT.com The Pentagon plans to sell $10.8 billion worth of advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The hardware includes bunker buster bombs and cruise missiles. The planned deal includes shipping 1,000 GBU-39/B bombs to Saudi Arabia and 5,000 to the UAE, AFP reports. They …

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