The US had proposed the idea of withdrawing its troops from eastern Syria and possibly lifting sanctions in exchange for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cutting ties with Iran and Hezbollah, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The report said the offer to pull out troops and other proposals made by the US and Gulf Arab states were made in coordination with Israeli strikes on Syria as part of a “two-pronged approach” to pressure Assad to abandon his alliance with Iran and Hezbollah, which would impede weapons shipments from Iran to Lebanon.
Since October 2023, Israel has dramatically stepped up airstrikes on Syria, bombing the country over 220 times. The Times report said that Israel, with support from the US, was eager to “take advantage” of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel to ramp up the pressure on Syria.
Officials told the Times that the offensive launched last week by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham makes it less likely that Assad would be willing to cut ties with Iran or Hezbollah since he’ll need their help with the fighting.
Reuters also reported this week that the US and the UAE had offered sanctions relief to Syria if it ended its alliance with Iran and cut off weapons shipments to Lebanon. That report said that the HTS offensive was “a signal of precisely the sort of weakness in Assad’s alliance with Iran that the Emirati and US initiative aims to exploit” but also acknowledged it could increase his reliance on Iran.
The US claims it maintains troops in eastern Syria to fight ISIS, but the reports make clear the occupation and the US sanctions campaign, which have had a devastating impact on Syrian civilians, are about keeping pressure on Iran and its allies to benefit Israel.
The Times report said another proposal floated to Assad was for Gulf Arab countries to provide aid to Syria. In recent years, many regional countries that previously supported the regime change effort against Assad have normalized relations with Damascus, and Syria has been brought back into the Arab League.
In Syria, the Yankee Empire invades/sanctions/bombs away in conjunction with Israel in order to coerce Syria into abandoning its alliances with Iran and Hezbollah.
In Ukraine, the Yankee Empire supports a bloody endless war in order to uphold the sacred principle that states can make alliances with whoever they decide.
No hypocrisy there, right?
Hypocrisy”R”Us
Just another attempt at divide and conquer.
"Trust us! –we promise to uphold our part!"
Blessed are the peace makers… and always speak truth to power…
I call BS on this one…The US is currently stealing oil from Syria, part of the reason the troops are there is to protect the oil companies involved.
They offer to get something, they would never make good to honor their commitment, a fool who believes they mean it.
They don't honor even honest agreements, and this offer is anything but fair or credible, and Trump is well known for breaking agreements. he is a born conman.
That is crazy. The entire crude output of Syria is 90,000 barrels a day. The USA production is 13,300,000 barrels a day. The US has no need for Syria's oil.
Yes, that means the US is staying there for reasons other than "needing" the oil. I guess that you think squatting on sovereign territory of another country is allowable as long as they don't need the oil. Not surprising to say the least.
Since October 2023, Israel has dramatically stepped up airstrikes on Syria, bombing the country over 220 times. The Times report said that Israel, with support from the US, was eager to “take advantage” of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel to ramp up the pressure on Syria.
Now, tell me once more it was an intelligence failure that allowed the Hamas attack of Oct 7th.
I could tell you that a million times, but because of your lack understanding of military history, you just don't get how many intelligence failures there have been in history.
And you'd be wrong a million times. Israel allowed the Oct 7th attack to occur. It couldn't be more obvious. To be caught with their guard down to the point of not knowing their outdoor prison was planning an uprising is beyond belief. You like comparing shit that is no way comparable. Israel knew when two flies were fucking in Gaza, they certainly knew about what Hamas was about to do. They needed a big number of dead and they got it. They even made sure of it by killing "many" of their own.
* The "many" I speak of was reported by Israel newspapers. You know, like Hareetz, the newspaper that tells the truth. Unlike the garbage MSM that you gobble up and regurgitate as if it's the truth.
It's going to be hard for the US to talk the same bullshit about being in Syria to fight ISIS now isn't it. But, and this is just a wild guess, I bet they do.
That goes without saying…!
Farce and fonny Offer…! US thinks they are dealing with 10-year old…!
The US should leave Syria. What are we gaining by staying in that dump of a nation?