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Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, third right, meets with Lebanese Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar, left, caretaker Defense Minister and acting Foreign Minister Zeina Akar, second left, Lebanon's Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, third right, and Lebanon's top negotiator and security chief Abbas Ibrahim in Damascus, Syria
WASHINGTON’S financial, economic and political siege of Lebanon has started to crumble, according to parliamentarian Hassan Fadlallah, as oil shipments from Iran arrive in Syria.
The Hezbollah MP said on Saturday that the US had “failed in its bid to impose its will on Lebanon,” which, as a country, is facing the world’s worst financial crisis since the mid-19th century, according to the World Bank.
Fuel shortages have resulted in blackouts across the country; hospitals warned last month that hundreds of patients would die if they were unable to power their generators.
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues
