MNA A top adviser to Syrias president described the document signed on military cooperation between Iran and Syria as the first step to defeat the illegal Caezar act adopted by the United States. Damascus has numerous ways to defeat the Caesar act and the signing of Iran-Syria military cooperation was the first step in this regard, Bouthaina Shaaban,...

Tasnim Irans Ambassador to the European Union and Brussels condemned the new US sanctions against Syria as an act of economic terrorism that is threatening the lives of innocent civilians. Addressing the fourth Brussels Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region, held in Belgium on Tuesday, Gholamhossein Dehghani said the imposition ...

Sputnik - US envoy James F. Jeffrey's remark that Washington is no longer seeking Assad's ouster should be taken with a grain of salt as regime change in Syria remains America's priority, argues international affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda, explaining how US sanctions have accelerated the rapprochement between Syria, Russia, Iran, and China....

Sputnik - In late December, US President Donald Trump signed the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act. The document, which sanctions almost all Syrian economic and trade activities, as well as the countrys government officials, is due to come into force in mid-June. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Sputnik on Tuesday that Tehran ...

The Guardian | Martin Chulov: Critics say legislation is being used for US strategy and could cause further problems for country and wider region Its currency has plunged by 70% since April, more than half its people face food scarcity, and hopes of rebuilding a country shattered by war continue to ebb. Syria seems barely able to absorb new ...