To its credit, the European Union has already taken action against the network of regime loyalists who have bankrolled Marota city. To acquire land for Marota City, the regime evicted thousands of residents and razed numerous properties in the neighborhood of Basateen al-Razi, a hub of protests in the early days of the uprising against Assad. While reconstruction may sound like a humanitarian endeavor, it is a means for Assad to enrich his accomplices at the expense of impoverished Syrians. Last August, a leading Emirati investor reportedly met with Syrian regime officials to discuss investment in the Marota City project, the centerpiece of the regime’s reconstruction plans. troops were coming home, there were signs that the UAE was pursuing reconciliation with Assad. Well before the White House announced that U.S. “Hamsho earned his fortune through his connection to regime insiders,” a senior Treasury official explained, “The sanctions we are applying… to Hamsho and his company are the direct consequence of his actions.”
In late January, it hosted a Syrian trade delegation led by Muhammad Hamsho, a businessman and close ally of Assad who has been on the U.S. The UAE also made an unexpected show of contempt for U.S. The Emirati foreign ministry explained that “the move underscores the UAE government’s keenness to restore relations between the two brotherly countries to their normal course.” The next day, Bahrain’s foreign ministry said its embassy in Damascus was open for business. troops would be coming home from Syria, the United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus, which had been closed since the outbreak of war in 2011. Within days of President Trump Donald Trump Biden heading to Kansas City to promote infrastructure package Trump calls Milley a 'f-ing idiot' over Afghanistan withdrawal First rally for far-right French candidate Zemmour prompts protests, violence MORE ’s unexpected announcement that U.S. troops withdraw from Syria, no one has a green light to bankroll Assad’s reconstruction plans. One key to the act’s success will be for the administration to send a clear message to regional allies, especially in the Gulf, that even if U.S.
While the House and Senate iron out these details, the executive branch has an opportunity to plan ahead for how to implement the Caesar Act most effectively. The Caesar Act may not reach the president’s desk for several weeks, however, since the two chambers continue to disagree about whether to pass the bill on its own, or attached to legislation related to Israel. The bill passed the House last month on a voice vote and the White House signaled its support last November. In a bipartisan vote, the Senate voted 77-23 last week for passage of the Caesar Act, a sanctions bill named for the Syrian military photographer who risked his life to expose the horrors of Bashar Assad’s torture chambers. On the 25th of last month, Israel carried out another attack targeting the outskirts of the city of “Al-Baath” and the village of “Al-Krum” in southern Syria by “Israel” to support its agents of the defeated armed groups.Even a polarized Congress can agree that tougher sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime are in the national interest. The new “Israeli” aggression is the 2nd of its kind to be recorded in four days, as “Israel” had previously carried out at the end of last month, bombing targeting Syrian army points south of Damascus, which resulted in the injury of 2 soldiers.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense published a statement in which it said that the “Israeli” entity carried out an air aggression with a number of missiles fired from the direction of northern Palestine, targeting one of the points in the Zakia area in Damascus countryside, which led to some material losses.
A new “Israeli” attack on Damascus countryside.ĭamascus countryside was subjected to a new “Israeli” attack, through several missiles, which targeted at dawn today, Wednesday, one of the points of the Syrian army in the “Zakia” area.