For the next two years, the EU has pledged € 2.3 billion in aid to Syria, TASS reported referring to EU High Representative Josep Borrell. The EU pressure on Damascus, including the sanctions, aims to “force the Syrian regime to engage in political dialogue with all the forces in the ...
Russia accused the US OF encouraging and financing separatist militias in northeastern Syria with money earned from illicit trade in stolen Syrian oil. Director-General of the Department of International Organizations at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pyotr Ilyichev told Sputnik that the move by Washington was aimed aimed against ...