Only Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) voted against the resolution
House Overwhelmingly Approves Resolution to Maintain Syria Sanctions After Earthquake
Video via Syriana Analysis
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Rep. Gaetz Introduces War Powers Resolution to Pull US Troops Out of Syria
The House will be forced to vote on the resolution within 18 days of its introduction
Rep. Gaetz Introduces War Powers Resolution to Pull US Troops Out of Syria
H/T: The Jimmy Dore Show
Did the U.S. really lift sanctions off Syria temporarily?
The “humanitarian exemptions”, on Syrian sanctions, are conditional!
The U.S. Treasury announced a decision on February 9 claiming to allow an easing of sanctions imposed on Syria for the ensuing six months until August 8, as part of “earthquake relief efforts.”
Did the U.S. really lift sanctions off Syria temporarily?
The decision allows for “third parties” to transfer aid to Syria without fear of U.S. sanctions, but should only be intended for aid to earthquake-effected areas. Nonetheless, the sanctions programs applied to Syria for many years, the most severe of which are the Caesar Act (2019) and Captagon Act (2022), provide for “humanitarian exceptions,” but are conditional on U.S. approval.
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Did the U.S. lift sanctions on Syria?
So any earthquake relief effort must take place away from the Syrian state. In other words, it must contribute to undermining the sovereignty of the Syrian state, or it will not take place.
US Trying to “Restructure” PKK/YPG to Halt Turkish Rapprochement With Syria
U.S. Intelligence Meets Tribes to Halt Turkish Rapprochement With Syria
YPG was the rebrand of PKK. With some Arabs mixed in for good measure. And they were all ISIS in different costumes. So now we have a ‘restructure’ on the go!
US Trying to “Restructure” PKK/YPG in Syria
US Army Vet From Iowa Rats Out Ukrainian Corruption
Sweden hustled into military pact with US
The Biden Administration’s efforts to put on fast track Sweden’s accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm’s past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed.
Sweden hustled into military pact with US
US on alert as UAE seeks to join Turkish-Syrian reconciliation talks
As the UAE tries to join Russia in mediating between Ankara and Damascus, the US is looking to establish a middle ground between Turkiye and the SDF in hopes of preventing normalization with Syria
US on alert as UAE seeks to join Turkish-Syrian reconciliation talks
Protests expand against SDF and US occupation in Syria
According to the Syrian news agency SANA, demonstrations against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US occupation in Syria continue to grow.
Protests expand against SDF and US occupation in Syria
US troops to expand patrols in Syria despite tension with Turkey + US forces prepare to build 1st military base in Syria’s Raqqa
The Pentagon is preparing to resume full ground operations alongside Kurdish partners in northern Syria, officials said Tuesday, a move that risks further inflaming relations with NATO ally Turkey, which blames the Kurds for a deadly bombing in Istanbul last month and has threatened a ground assault in retaliation.
US troops to expand patrols in Syria despite tension with Turkey
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US forces prepare to build 1st military base in Syria’s Raqqa
The Syrian Democratic Forces is an armed militia of the rebels in North and East Syria (AANES). An alliance of forces formed during the Syrian civil war composed primarily of Kurdish, Arab, and Assyrian/Syriac, as well as some smaller Armenian, Turkmen and Chechen forces. It is militarily led by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia recognized as a terrorist group by Turkey, and also includes several ethnic militias, as well as elements of the Syrian opposition’s Free Syrian Army. Founded in October 2015, the SDF states its mission as fighting to create a secular, democratic and federalised Syria. According to Turkey, the Syrian Democratic Forces has direct links to the PKK.
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Angry villagers, troops block US military convoy from advancing in Syria’s Hasakah
Local residents of a village in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah in cooperation with government forces prevented a US military convoy from advancing through their villages on Wednesday.
Angry villagers, troops block US military convoy from advancing in Syria’s Hasakah
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