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Turkish FM calls for permanent repeal of Caesar Act to revive Syrian economy
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that he discussed with U.S. officials in Washington perspectives on Syria, issues related to its development, unity, stability, and regional security, as well as opportunities for cooperation with the United States.
Fidan told reporters, as quoted by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, that he later took part in an expanded meeting at the White House. The meeting included Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, U.S. Ambassador to Ankara and special envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack, and was later joined by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.
“We discussed how to better manage crisis areas in southern and northern Syria and elsewhere. We examined the details of working toward a full and permanent repeal of the Caesar Act to revive the Syrian economy. We presented our views and positions, emphasizing the need for its complete repeal and reintroduction through Congress, so that presidential waivers would no longer be necessary.” Fidan added.
He continued: “If problems in northeastern and southern Syria are not carefully managed, there is a risk of a crisis affecting its territorial integrity and unity, with the danger of increasing fragmentation. It is important that the Americans recognize this, and I believe they did.” Fidan noted that President Trump’s approach to the Syrian file was highly constructive and that Turkey views it positively.
The Turkish foreign minister stressed the importance of Syria remaining united and ensuring security for all its inhabitants.
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U.S. suspends Caesar Act sanctions to support economic reconstruction in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a decision to suspend sanctions imposed on Syria under the “Caesar Act,” aiming to support the country’s efforts to rebuild its economy, restore ties with international partners, and promote prosperity and peace for all its citizens.
“The Department of State continues to carry out President Donald Trump’s pledge to give the Syrian people a chance to achieve lasting peace and prosperity. Today, we issued a decision to suspend mandatory sanctions under the Caesar Act, based on the measures taken by the Syrian government following the fall of the Assad regime.” Rubio said in a statement published on the State Department’s website on Monday.
Rubio noted that the State Department, in cooperation with the Departments of Treasury and Commerce, issued a clarifying statement outlining for both the public and private sectors the details of sanctions relief and export controls provided by the U.S. government so far. The statement also specifies which activities are permitted and which remain prohibited in dealings with Syria.
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President al-Sharaa to Fox News: Meeting Trump marks start of Syrian and U.S.relations
President Ahmad al-Sharaa affirmed that his visit to the White House and meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump marked a new beginning for strategic relations with the United States, noting that Syria no longer poses a threat to Washington but has become a geopolitical ally.
In an interview with Fox News Monday, President al-Sharaa said: “For the past sixty years, Syria has been isolated from the rest of the world, with relations severed between Damascus and Washington. This is the first time a Syrian president has visited the White House since Syria’s founding in the 1940s.”
He added: “After the fall of the former regime, Syria entered a new era, particularly in its relationship with the U.S. During my meeting with Trump, we discussed both the present and the future, including investment opportunities in Syria. The goal is for Syria to no longer be seen as a security threat but as a geopolitical ally and a country where the U.S. can invest significantly, especially in gas extraction.”
“We also discussed lifting sanctions during the meeting with Trump, and there was a United Nations Security Council decision to lift sanctions imposed on me and several others.” al-Sharaa continued.
On Syria’s role in the international coalition against ISIS, al-Sharaa said: “We have fought many battles against ISIS over the past ten years and endured great suffering, losing a significant number of men. While there are reasons for the U.S. military presence in Syria, this presence must now be coordinated with the Syrian government. We need to discuss these issues and reach an agreement regarding ISIS.”
Regarding Syria’s potential accession to the Abraham Accords with Israel, al-Sharaa explained that Syria’s situation differs from that of other signatories, as it shares a border with Israel, which has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967. He said: “Perhaps the Trump administration can help us reach a security agreement with Israel or return to the 1974 accord.”
In response to a question about how the Syrian government intends to punish criminals, including Bashar al-Assad, al-Sharaa noted that Russia holds a different view regarding the extradition of wanted individuals to Syria. However, he stressed that justice must take its course, pointing to the formation of a transitional justice committee to ensure accountability for all perpetrators, including Assad.
On the fate of American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, al-Sharaa said: “There are more than 250,000 missing persons in Syria due to the war, and we do not know where they are. I met Tice’s mother, a remarkable woman, who also met my own mother. My mother endured a similar ordeal, believing me dead for seven years, yet she held onto hope despite everyone around her saying I was likely gone. I asked my mother to share her story with Tice’s mother, to show how deeply I understand her pain. She is a strong woman, and I will do everything possible to provide sufficient information about her son, for her, for all American citizens, and for everyone missing over the past years.”
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Syria highlights lifting of sanctions on the Syrian Embassy in Washington
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ibrahim Olabi, affirmed that lifting the diplomatic ban on the Syrian embassy in Washington marks a historic milestone in Syrian-American relations.
Asaad Hassan al-ShaibaniThe U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an official letter to Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani during the ministerial meeting, granting permission to reopen the Syrian embassy in Washington whenever the Syrian side wishes, following the removal of legal and diplomatic barriers imposed during the previous regime, Olabi stated in an interview with Syrian Al-Ikhbariya TV Monday.
Olabi explained that the meeting between President Ahmad al-Sharaa and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House was both practical and cordial, lasting longer than scheduled due to the numerous topics discussed. It later expanded into a broader session with the participation of the Syrian Foreign Minister and several other ministers. He described the meeting as historic by all standards.
He noted that President al-Sharaa is the first Syrian president to visit the White House in modern Syrian history. He added that the meeting represents a qualitative leap in bilateral relations, at a time when many countries require years to achieve such a diplomatic breakthrough.
Olabi clarified that the bilateral meeting prioritized economic issues, including the role of the United States in direct investments, as well as the lifting of remaining sanctions.
The Syrian UN envoy stated that the meeting also addressed the security agreement with Israel and the U.S. role in supporting it to ensure the safety of Syrians and provide opportunities for reconstruction. It also covered the implementation of the March 10 agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces, the integration process, and Syria’s accession to the international coalition against terrorism.
He concluded by affirming that President al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House has written a new chapter in Syrian-American relations and marks the beginning of a new phase of cooperation. He noted that Syrians have every right to celebrate this achievement, which was made possible by their resilience and support for their leadership.
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The U.S. lifts restrictions imposed on the Syrian mission and embassy in Washington
The United States announced the removal of all restrictions imposed on the Syrian mission and embassy in Washington, paving the way for their reopening after more than a decade of closure.
“We have received a decision signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, lifting all previously imposed legal measures on the Syrian mission and the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Washington by the United States.” Foreign Minister Assad Hassan al-Shaibani stated in a post on X.
Al-Shaibani added: “Today, Syria regains the ability to exercise its diplomatic role with full freedom on U.S. soil, in line with the Syrian Foreign Ministry’s strategic plan.”
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This Is All Our Rulers Are Offering Us
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
Pentagon contractor Elon Musk, currently the richest person alive, has posted a video clip showing off how people can use his AI video generation tool Grok Imagine to create the image of a woman’s face saying “I will always love you.”
The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it.
Grok Imagine prompt:
She smiles and says “I will always love you” pic.twitter.com/cjDu3MuDCZ
This is all the ruling class has to offer you. Fake love. Fake connection. Worthless technological parlor tricks at the expense of our dying biosphere.
The underlying argument for continuing with the capitalism experiment even though it’s destroying our ecosystem is that these megabillionaires will save us all with green energy and carry humanity’s surplus population out into the stars to colonize the galaxy, which is a terrible vision for the future in and of itself.
But that isn’t even happening. They know they’ll never colonize Mars. We’re not meaningfully any closer to knowing how to keep humans alive completely separate from Earth’s biosphere than we were a thousand years ago; human space travel thus far has consisted of glorified scuba expeditions wherein everything needed for survival is imported directly from the planet our anatomy is intimately interwoven with.
And meanwhile ecocidal capitalism keeps incinerating our world.
This is it. Once they burn through the generative AI scam and sell a few million AI sex robots that cost as much as cars, they’re basically out of ideas. Maybe someone invents an app that helps people sell their kidneys and get them delivered to the purchaser via drone or something, but that’s pretty much it in terms of profit-driven tech innovation. And from there the plan is to just grab up as many resources as possible and hole up in a bunker somewhere while the world burns.
And in the meantime they’re not even happy. The world’s richest man says he has no social life and works almost every waking hour of his existence, and here he is projecting his own loneliness onto the rest of the world by telling everyone how awesome it is that you can have an AI create an image of a woman’s face telling you it will always love you.
That’s right, kids: work your fingers to the bone, catch a few lucky breaks, pour all your blood, sweat, tears and time into winning the capitalism game, and you too could one day be as miserable and alienated as Elon Reeve Musk.
These are the sorts of people who are ruling our world. These are the people who are holding the steering wheel of human civilization and determining the future of our species.
Nothing about this is healthy. Nothing about this is functional. We need drastic revolutionary change and we need it soon, because these freaks are driving us to our doom.
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