PNN – The American media reported that the country’s top politicians are against the quick cancellation of Washington’s sanctions against Syria and the change of its policy towards Syria.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from Sky News, Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties have stated that it is too early to consider such measures and indicated that Washington is unlikely to change its policy towards Syria anytime soon.
Senator Jim Beard, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said: We are all really happy that Bashar al-Assad is gone.
In statements that show the old mentality of America in planning to change the government in countries, he added: We worked on it (removal of Bashar Assad) for a long time and the work was done. The problem is what will happen after this change?
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), one of the former branches of al-Qaeda, which took control of all of Syria last week, is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States and many other countries and has been sanctioned by the United Nations.
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President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, has said that the United States should not interfere in the Syrian conflict.
Advocates for lifting sanctions say that issuing exemptions and permits will encourage economic development and foreign investment in Syria, and provide the new government with the necessary funds to rebuild and establish government institutions.
In December 2019, US President Donald Trump signed a $738 billion defense spending bill, part of which included legislation to increase sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies.
The “Caesar” law is part of these new laws that have been added to the US defense budget bill. This law came into effect on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 after a six-year delay and will be valid until 2024. This law was signed by Donald Trump.
The Caesar Act is an American conspiracy against Syria in order to strengthen the terrorists, the purpose of which is to increase the financial, economic and political isolation of the Syrian government, as well as to impose sanctions on its allies until Damascus accepts a political solution to the Syrian crisis based on Security Council Resolution 2254.
The Caesar Act sanctions all governments, groups, companies and individuals that directly or indirectly provide financial or military aid to the Syrian government in the four sectors of oil, natural gas, military aircraft, construction and engineering.