Syria’s return to the League of Arab States (LAS) will remain symbolic unless economic relations are restored, at least on a ... ... years than even before 2018, which was the period of active fighting. And it is not the Arab boycott that is to blame, but U.S. sanctions that made any transactions with the SAR toxic. Banks, insurance and transport companies, including Arab ones, choose ...
The war in Syria has shown that a military solution to the conflict is doomed to fail, and establishing ... ... counting the present representatives from other organizations. Additionally, there are thousands of terrorists in Syrian prisons (including those controlled by the Syrian Democratic... ... corruption. The country's civilian infrastructure has not yet been restored, and the sanctions imposed on Damascus by the United States and the EU in particular are hampering...
Moscow is calling for an end to the policy of collective punishment of the Syrians and has urged its partners to start rebuilding the Syrian economy
On January ... ... more than 2000 people were hurt. The catastrophe also led to the destruction of thousands of buildings; about 300,000 Syrians have been forced to leave their homes.
The... ...
Deliveries of humanitarian aid across the line of contact
Ruslan Mamedov:
U.S. and EU Sanctions against Syria
One of the conditions for extending the operation of the Bab...
... The Americans alleged that Saddam had laundered funds from illegal oil sales through this bank, and it also
held
the accounts of those who financed al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The decision was made in accordance with Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, passed in the wake of September 11, 2001.
But this package of sanctions was generally not too frightful for the regime stability either. Syria had extensive regional and international ties as well as plenty of tools and opportunities to avoid their negative consequences. Yet, the sanctions spiral kept unwinding.
Arab Spring and EU sanctions on Syria
And then in 2011-2012, not only the ...
The situation in Syria has not been resolved and is not yet close to a geopolitical equilibrium
The world community survived the UN vote on the ... ... otherwise known as HTS (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, associated with al-Qaeda, banned in the Russian Federation).
Humanitarian aid vs. sanctions
Igor Matveev:
Syrian Idlib: What’s Next?
According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, more than 70% of the ...
If the cry “Never Again” is to retain any meaning, the Caesar Sanctions against Syria must be immediately lifted
As the Biden administration is recklessly expanding the sanctions regime—something that has become a routine response from Anglo-American officials to any government they accuse of violating the “rules-based order”—Helga ...
Report 65/2021
Report 65/2021
The report analyses the application of foreign sanctions against Russian citizens, companies and economy sectors. It also considers global trends in the use of sanctions and restrictive measures against Russia within individual areas (the “Ukrainian package,” sanctions against pipeline projects,...
It is time for Moscow to decide on an algorithm for providing economic aid to Damascus
The ninth year of internal armed conflict has brought new challenges to Syria. According to
data from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
published on September 23, 2020, the damage done to the Syrian economy by the end of 2019 exceeded USD 442 bn. Still, under sanctions and with no international consensus on how to finance recovery, the country has not only failed to overcome the acute economic crisis but has also been hit by the negative consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, compounded by an unstable situation ...
The Carter Center Report
The Carter Center Report
The U.S. has maintained sanctions against Syria since the 1970s. However, the majority of current
U.S. sanctions on Syria were imposed in two broad phases: a first phase in the 2000s that U.S.
policymakers stated was a response to Syrian support for terrorism, activities in Lebanon, and other
...
... restrictive measures not only create difficulties, but also form prerequisites for mobilizing Syria’s internal resources and expanding Russia’s economic presence
On June 17... ... grace period that was granted to the administration so that it could prepare secondary sanctions against foreign citizens for cooperating with Damascus in oil, gas, aviation... ... favour. Last year, he was rumoured to have been placed under house arrest for his refusal to donate the bulk of his 5-billion-dollar fortune to advance the Syrian President’s...