US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday that Washington will begin a sustained campaign of sanctions against Syria under the Caesar Act. “We anticipate many more sanctions and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people,” Secretary of State ...
Iran, Russia and China have censured the US for imposing sweeping economic sanctions against Syria, which Washington says are designed to put more pressure on the war-ravage country’s economy and prevent Damascus from achieving victory in the fight against foreign-backed militants. Speaking at a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, US ...