US imposes sanctions on Syria, Iran vows economic support
The United States has announced fresh sanctions targeting the Syrian government and other groups operating in the Arab country just hours after a senior Iranian official met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to declare Tehran’s economic support for the war-ravaged country.
The US Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on five Syrian government officials as well as intelligence and security institutions operating in the country.
Syria has been subject to rounds of economic sanctions imposed by Washington especially in recent years as the country is recovering from almost a decade of terrorism and war.
The new sanctions were announced hours after Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf met Syria’s Assad in a fresh sign of deepening relations between the two allied countries.
Ghalibaf said in his meeting with Assad that Iran and Syria would try to replicate their success in cooperating in fight against terrorism by expanding trade and economic ties that would undermine US policy of pressuring sovereign nations through economic sanctions.
“By focusing on trade and economic activities and by supporting manufacturers and traders, we have to attain victory in the economic war just as we did in the military front,” Qalibaf was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies covering his trip to Syria.
Iran has been a major supporter of Syria’s war on terrorism since the Arab country slid into war in 2011.
Iran has offered extensive military advice to Syria over the years, helping the country liberate much of the territories once controlled by terrorist groups.
Syria’s official SANA news agency said in a report that Assad and Qalibaf had called for more cooperation between the private sectors of Iran and Syria in a way that it could help the two friendly peoples confront the economic war and the policy of blockade and sanctions imposed on them.
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