Trump eases sanctions on HTS amid report of Israeli expansion in Syria's Quneitra

from PressTV

... On June 29, the United States lifted most sanctions on the Arab country, citing alleged reforms under the head of the HTS-led regime in Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, whose administration reportedly agreed to normalize ties with Israel and expel Palestinian factions.

As part of the executive order, the US president also ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio to review the designation of the HTS leader and Jolani as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist.”

During a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May, Trump initially revealed his intention to lift sanctions that had crippled Syria’s economy for over a decade and driven more than 90 percent of its population into poverty.

Based on Western media reports last month, the US government’s conditions to lift sanctions against Syria included normalizing relations with Israel through signing the Abraham Accords and expelling Palestinian resistance factions from the country.

Washington has imposed sanctions on Syria since 1979 in response to its foreign policy stance against Israel.

The executive order was scheduled to take effect on July 1...

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New Syrian al Qaeda regime to prosecute former state media reporters

(The al Qaeda government in Syria has a 'Ministry of Information'. That's the first thing. And of course they use Telegram. Prosecuting journalists who wrote about them killing and kidnapping and committing acts of terrorism all on behalf of a foreign nation. And the fake alt-left cheered for this.)

from al Mayadeen English

The Syrian Information Ministry, run by the armed opposition, announced on Friday that war reporters who worked for the ousted government of President Bashar Assad would be subject to "transitional justice."

In a statement on Telegram, the ministry confirmed that "all war journalists, who were part of the information war waged by the toppled Assad regime and contributed, either directly or indirectly, to the propaganda of its crimes against the Syrian people, will face just punishment under transitional justice."

Syrian newspaper Al-Watan reported on Monday that the opposition's general command had issued a ban on the persecution of employees of Syrian state media...

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Syrian army preemptive strikes foil terrorist onslaught in Aleppo

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The Syrian army has reportedly thwarted large-scale terrorist operations in Aleppo province through a preemptive strike. 

Four major terrorist operations, which were set to begin from the town of Anadan,12 kilometers northwest of Aleppo, were foiled before they could start, Al-Mayadeen reported on Friday. 

Intense clashes are still ongoing in the area between the Syrian armed forces and terrorist groups, mainly Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, according to the report. 

Reports on Friday said fierce battles are ongoing in western Aleppo. Syrian state media said artillery shelling killed four civilians at student housing in Aleppo.

"Four civilians were killed after terrorist organizations shelled the university dorms in Aleppo," the official news agency SANA said.

The Syrian army launched intensified missile attacks on terrorist positions that stretch from villages in western Aleppo to Mount Zawiya south of Idlib, according to the report.

Late on Thursday, the television network reported that four large-scale attacks launched from the city of Anadan, north of Aleppo, were foiled...

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