Fighting escalates in Syria
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Fighting escalates in Syria
The Chairman of the UN Humanitarian Task Force in Syria has asked the US and Russia to save the Syria truce amid intense fighting between foreign-backed militants and Syrian troops in the north of the war-torn country. Russia has urged the UN to blacklist the two terrorist groups affiliated to Saudi Arabia: Harare al Sham, and Jaish al Islam. Ahrar al-Sham and Jaish al-Islam are both splinter groups of al-Qaeda, one of the most notorious terrorist organizations in the world. The two groups were included in the Syria ceasefire due to insistence by the Saudis. Even the US which seeks the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad considers the two groups as terror entities.
Business with Iran
Doing business with Iran appears to be still difficult despite the removal of international sanctions against the country in January. And it is primarily the US sanctions that are keeping investors worldwide away from the vast Iranian market. Washington says it is trying to facilitate business with Iran in a post-sanctions era. But a series of recent actions by the US is already proving that Washington is doing just the opposite of this.
Trump and foreign policy
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has delivered his first speech on US foreign policy. Trumps foreign policy speech had a slogan called America First. This was largely attributed to how he said the US had rebuild other countries while weakening itself. His speech was full of mixed messages. Not surprisingly he blasted President Obama’s foreign policy and that of his predecessors. He even accused Obama of being soft on Iran and alienating Israel. But he did not stop there. Trump says if he’s elected as president, he would force US allies to pay their share in defending themselves.
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