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US Threatens Arab States With Sanctions If They Choose to Normalize Ties With Syria – Report

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021By Editor

According to a senior US official, Washington is not happy with the absence of a “major change in behavior” of President Assad. This is in fact not surprising, since the primary goal of the United States’s (illegal) presence in the country was to overthrow Assad and install a government in favor of Washington. … Read More >US Threatens Arab States With Sanctions If They Choose to Normalize Ties With Syria – Report

Middle East

US push to extend cross-border aid opening is aimed at supplying terrorist groups & prolonging war – Syrian FM to RT

Posted on June 28, 2021June 28, 2021By Editor

The US is fighting hard to keep the border crossing from Turkey into Syria’s Idlib open because it allows them to supply arms to terrorists under the pretense of delivering aid, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told RT. … Read More >US push to extend cross-border aid opening is aimed at supplying terrorist groups & prolonging war – Syrian FM to RT

Middle East

Iran says it has produced 6.5kg of 60% pure uranium as nuclear deal revival talks with US enter final stretch

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021By Editor

Iran has produced 6.5kg of uranium at 60% purity, the government has announced, as indirect talks with the US to revive the 2015 nuclear deal continue into what negotiators have said may be the final week. … Read More >Iran says it has produced 6.5kg of 60% pure uranium as nuclear deal revival talks with US enter final stretch

Latin America

Venezuela accuses US of blocking its access to Covax vaccines with sanctions

Posted on June 12, 2021June 13, 2021By Editor

Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has stated that US sanctions are preventing the South American nation from accessing Covid vaccines by blocking a $10 million payment to the global Covax scheme. … Read More >Venezuela accuses US of blocking its access to Covax vaccines with sanctions

Middle East

US sanctions ‘network’ accused of funding Yemen’s Houthis with tens of millions of dollars

Posted on June 12, 2021June 12, 2021By Editor

Washington has sanctioned an alleged international network which it says funneled tens of millions of dollars to Yemen’s Houthi rebels for their conflict with Western-aligned government forces. … Read More >US sanctions ‘network’ accused of funding Yemen’s Houthis with tens of millions of dollars

Asia & Pacific

Beijing passes anti-foreign sanction law to safeguard China’s core interests against Western interference

Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021By Editor

The top Chinese legislature has passed a bill aimed at protecting China’s core interests, its businesses and officials, from foreign sanctions amid an onslaught of economic attacks from the US and its Western allies. … Read More >Beijing passes anti-foreign sanction law to safeguard China’s core interests against Western interference

Russia

Moscow to QUIT International Space Station in 2025 unless Washington lifts restrictive sanctions, says Russian space boss

Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021By Editor

Moscow will withdraw from the International Space Station project in 2025 if Washington continues to impose sanctions against the Russian space sector, with the country now making significant plans to explore space without the US. … Read More >Moscow to QUIT International Space Station in 2025 unless Washington lifts restrictive sanctions, says Russian space boss

Russia

Russia must be realistic & realize that sanctions imposed by Western nations will ‘remain forever,’ deputy foreign minister warns

Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021By Editor

Sanctions against Russia, imposed by the likes of the US and the EU, will remain in place forever, and Moscow must be realistic and accept that they will never be removed, according to the country’s deputy foreign minister. … Read More >Russia must be realistic & realize that sanctions imposed by Western nations will ‘remain forever,’ deputy foreign minister warns

World

Zelensky accuses America of paying for NS2 pipeline with Ukrainian lives & blasts Biden for not meeting him before Putin summit

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021By Editor

Ukraine’s embattled leader Volodymyr Zelensky has slammed the US for cutting Kiev out of decisions about Nord Stream 2, raged at delays to joining NATO, and said Washington has not yet asked his advice on how to deal with Russia. … Read More >Zelensky accuses America of paying for NS2 pipeline with Ukrainian lives & blasts Biden for not meeting him before Putin summit

World

US Reportedly Monitoring Iranian Warships Suggested as Destined for Venezuela in ‘Provocative Move’

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021By Editor

Iran and Venezuela, two nations that have been shackled by Washington’s sanctions, have sought to deepen their decades-long relationship, with Iran’s shipments of gasoline to the struggling South American nation hailed by President Nicolás Maduro last year as an example of “the brotherhood of free peoples”. … Read More >US Reportedly Monitoring Iranian Warships Suggested as Destined for Venezuela in ‘Provocative Move’