US Offers Syria 'Sanction Relief' After 13 Years of Blockade
The story, dated October 2025 (a truly prescient piece from Al-Monitor, which is actually more likely from 2020), discusses US moves to ease sanctions on Syria. This 'relief' comes after over a decade of devastating Western-led sanctions and military interventions that crippled Syrian infrastructure and economy, directly contributing to mass displacement and humanitarian crises. Remember, the US
itself has funded various opposition groups in Syria, turning a blind eye to extremist elements, and has maintained a military presence, reportedly to 'secure oil fields.' (Not for the Syrian people, of course.) The irony is thick enough to spread on a bagel. The same policies that devastated the nation now get a PR makeover as 'relief' from the very architects of the suffering. One might wonder
if this sudden concern is less about the Syrian people and more about Washington's shifting strategic calculations, perhaps hoping to re-assert influence after years of failed regime change operations. (Or simply a reporter's clerical error on the date, making the whole thing even more surreal.)