The United States is threatening to impose broad sanctions against a major trading partner, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), under the Caesar Act, accusing the UAE of defying the act by opening an embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Presented as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign against Syria, the Caesar Act allows the US to sanction anyone who does anything the US believes will support the Syrian government, or otherwise assist in post-war reconstruction of Syria.
US Special Envoy James Jeffrey says it has been made clear to the UAE that the US vehemently opposes anyone having embassies in Damascus. Many embassies are closed because of the war, but there is no sign that any of the other nations with embassies are being threatened by the US.
The Caesar Act is mostly being used to target private companies involved in Syrian reconstruction, and this largely means Lebanese companies. So far, the UAE is the only nation the US is threatening specifically for an embassy.
we have overwhelming evidence assad gassed his own people despite what many think and will continue to impose sanctions on anyone who violates our policy until we get assad removed. so you syrian people who voted for him because you didn’t want to be gassed had better change your tune.
Is it a slam dunk?
I wish he would gas you
my sources tell me the dysfunctional assad family uses the empty cannisters as flower pots which can be seen on their palace balconies as sort of a symbolic reference to his deeds. one can only hope that when we discharge our tomahawks on his compound that there is some left over residue of chemicals in those cannisters that will finish off the lot of them.
O.K. Screwing the UAE is stupid beyond belief if the screwers think that anything pro Trump of American will cum from it. Screw the UAE, Loose the GCCC…!!! Where are the adults…??? I am against the demonizing of Iran and support of the Saudis (whO flew the planes into the WTC…
So we punish 15M Syrians, nice try. We are doing to destroy anyone who gets help from Russia and Iran. To make an example out of them.
Is it just a coincidence that every country that has any partnership w/Iran gets our full wrath? We have Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and Venezuela.
BTW the ‘Caesar Act’ has nothing to do w/gassing, it goes back to 2014. This is to prevent reconstruction in Syria. To prevent the Syrians from having a better life.
all they have to do is get rid of assad to alleviate themselves of all this and of course their connections with iranian despots wouldn’t hurt.
No, there isn’t, inspectors said he didn’t.
the inspectors were bribed with virgins.
US threats and sanction policy all around the world, against any, even friends and allies…….. are signs of weakness, desperation, a country morally bankrupt and in decline.
no it’s not. it is a sign of strength. iran for one is evil and we will correct that. the main sponsor of terrorism in that region will have it’s comeuppance and soon.
how to lose friends and make (more) enemies
the US has become an expert at that under pompeo-trump-bolton-esper et. al.