sanctions

A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical campaign to starve Syria into submission. On the morning of March 7, as the US Capitol teemed with lobbyists securing earmarks ahead of appropriations week and activists decrying the Gaza genocide, one special interest group on the Hill stood out. […]

The post Inside the anti-Syria lobby’s Capitol Hill push for more starvation sanctions first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Inside the anti-Syria lobby’s Capitol Hill push for more starvation sanctions appeared first on The Grayzone.

Hekmat Aboukhater reveals the concealed agenda of the newly extended Caesar Act, exposing the Israel Lobby's influence and examining the broader impact of sanctions on Syria and the world.

The post Deconstructing H.R. 3202: The Israel Lobby’s Persistent Role in Sanctioning Syria appeared first on MintPress News.

Israeli peace activist Miko Peled provides his recommendations for dealing with the rogue state of Israel.

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I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington’s economic war for another 8 years. Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the workshop revealed the group’s ultimate goal: partitioning Syria and creating a de facto Caliphate for a rebranded Al Qaeda offshoot. This July 30, I registered under an alias to join a workshop organized by the Syrian American Council (SAC), the […]

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The post I crashed an anti-Syria lobby meeting where they pushed for a new Caliphate and more starvation sanctions appeared first on The Grayzone.

Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have […]

The post Immiserated, humiliated, yet resilient: how Syrians survive America’s economic siege appeared first on The Grayzone.

ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood. Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stood before a podium on March 3, 2023, and issued an unusual qualifier: “Of course the prosecutor of the ICC does not, whatever affection and regard I may […]

The post How NATO states sponsored ICC prosecutor’s Putin arrest warrant appeared first on The Grayzone.

Sanctions on Russia are isomorphic to a strict policy of trade protection, industrial policy, and capital controls.

The post The Effect of Sanctions on Russia: A Skeptical View appeared first on scheerpost.com.

By W.T. Whitney / CounterPunch Although Cuba’s Revolution survived military invasion, guerrilla actions, terrorist attacks, and bacteriologic warfare, enough was not enough. Now there are pay-offs to dissidents, manipulation of worldwide media coverage, and weaponization of social media capabilities. The U.S. economic and financial blockade persists, after 60 years, and will continue. That’s mostly because […]

The post As Congress Considers Prolonging Cuba’s Designation as a Terrorism Supporter, Biden Dithers appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Ajamu Baraka joins Lee Camp to discuss how the media demonizes enemies of the US empire, the US military’s global command structure, neocolonial behavior, and the white supremacy inherent to its hegemony.

The post How The Global South Has Risen in The Face of US Sabotage with Ajamu Baraka appeared first on MintPress News.

The resolution presented by Azerbaijan on behalf of Non-Aligned countries noted the impact of sanctions on key rights related to life, health, and freedom from hunger. It was predictably rejected by the US and its allies.

The post UN Human Rights Council Condemns Impact of Unilateral Sanctions appeared first on scheerpost.com.