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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Damascus, Syria
SYRIA has complained to the United Nations over a recent US visit to the country’s north-east, denouncing it as “unlawful” and a violation of national sovereignty.
A US State Department delegation headed by Ethan Goldrich was welcomed at the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) headquarters in Hasakah province last week.
He met Mazlum Abdi, the SDF commander who reportedly lives in a US military base, and officials from the Syrian Democratic Council, the political wing of the Kurdish-led forces.
Claiming to ease a fertiliser shortage, the Trump administration has suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate imports – deepening US support for the Morocco’s control over Sahrawi territory, writes LUKE ROTELLO
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)