Syria Today – U.S. Sanctions on Assad Cousins; Moscow Meeting in April; U.S. Holds Off Airstrikes
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
March 29, 2023
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Sources said the main focus of the intensive consultations of the past weeks was on the guarantees demanded by Damascus, according to al-Watan.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, said the meeting would take place in early April, according to al-Watan.
Sources say Riyadh has made “clear requests” to Assad regarding drug trafficking, according to Iyad al-Jaafari in al-Modon.
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Erdogan needs to show that despite all that has happened, he is still capable of putting things right and that he is the one who can solve the problem, according to Athr Press.
Emerging countries that aspire to create a new multilateral international order are taking proactive steps and are no longer satisfied with merely reacting, according to Nader al-Omari in al-Watan.
Abdollahian emphasized that positive and constructive agreements are being made in the region, according to Athr Press.
According to a high-level Western diplomatic source based in Beirut, the Middle East is on the brink of several surprises, Athr Pres says.
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Syria regretted that even “the most prominent national humanitarian actors from the Syrian NGOs” were not invited, according to Athr Press.
Normalization will anger Italy’s allies in the European Union, Enab Baladi writes.
Assad may be unable to sell Syria to the Russians, Satae Noureddine writes in an op-ed to al-Modon.
Turkey said the decision to postpone the meeting was linked to Russia, according to al-Souria Net.
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The sanctions target Assad himself and his prime minister, Hussein Arnous, and Foreign Minister, Faisal al-Mekdad, according to al-Souria Net.
Samir Salha asks if Moscow decided to delay the summit until after the upcoming Turkish elections on May 14th, in an op-ed to Syria TV.
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Israeli analysts predict that in the next five years, Washington and, consequently Israel will face more crises, according to al-Watan.
