US prepares biting Syria sanctions as Assad pummels Idlib - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bryant Harris

Mar 12, 2020

Syrian army soldiers gesture in southern Idlib province, Syria in this handout released by SANA on March 5, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE - RC2WDF9OXEEJ — Syrian army soldiers gesture in southern Idlib province, Syria, on March 5, 2020, in this photo provided by the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency. — SANA/via REUTERS

Congress uses Syria aid funding as Assad leverage

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A Syrian parliamentarian and university student Janset Azan, 60, walks at her office decorated with a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria March 5, 2020. Picture taken March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar - RC2TFF94HKUU

Intel: Congress pushes for Syria sanctions ahead of key deadline

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Syrian pounds are pictured inside an exchange currency shop in Azaz, Syria February 3, 2020. Picture taken February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC2N3F9FNKPU

As Syria’s economy teeters, US prepares sweeping sanctions

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

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Intel: Trump’s Syria envoy promises 'significant' Syria aid amid new US sanctions

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