MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Arab press: Al-Assad government in critical situation to confront Caesar ‘s law

​​​​​​​Experts believe that the Syrian government’s options to face Caesar’s sanctions are now non-existent, which prompted Russia to maintain its grip on the joints of the Syrian economy, while Iraqi lawmakers are seeking to form a cross-party parliamentary bloc.

WORLD-Middle East 02 Jun 2020, Tue – 11:06 2020-06-02T11:06:00  ANHA AGENCY – Telegram

On Tuesday morning, Arab press touched upon to the Syrian situation, as well as to Iraqi crisis.

Al-Arab: Assad’s options are absent to escape from Caesar’s guillotine

The Arab newspapers issued this morning dealt with several issues on the Syrian issue, the most prominent of which were the Syrian government’s options to confront Caesar. In this context, Al-Arab newspaper said, “Caesar’s law, which was approved by the American Congress against the Syrian regime, entered into force on Monday. And all those cooperating with him, amid questions about the ability of President Bashar al-Assad and his crew to circumvent it, especially with the dramatic collapse of the financial and economic situation inside Syria, as a result of the nine-year war and the ongoing disputes within al-Assad family, which have been pressing heavily, especially on the status of the Syrian pound.

The regime officials are still remained silent, and there are no clear plan features to confront the consequences of the law that was named Caesar, after a Syrian dissident officer who leaked thousands of photos documenting torture of activists and civilians inside Syrian prisons<

The Caesar Law, promulgated on November 15, 2016, signed by US President Donald Trump on December 21, 2019, and included in the American Defense Budget for 2020, puts the Syrian economy as a whole under the guillotine of sanctions, and the law targets every company, entity, or individual inside and outside Syria that has relations business with the regime or provide military and financial support to it.

The Syrian regime has been facing since 2012 a successive series of sanctions imposed by the United States and its European allies in an attempt to force him to change his policies, but he has been relatively successful in circumventing these sanctions thanks to the support of his Iranian and Russian allies<span “=””>.

The situation seems different today, as Tehran is facing an unprecedented financial crisis as a result of the US blockade, exacerbated by the outbreak of the corona pandemic, and the situation is not better for Moscow, which is occupied today by compensation for its losses from the Syrian interior<span “=””>.

Ph.D. Osama Qazi, who is an economic consultant and head of the Syria Economy Working Group, says In fact, there is no option for the Syrian regime other than to go in the option of a political solution in order to facilitate the process of rebuilding Syria and launch a massive workshop to recover the economy, which may cost the restoration of between 300 To $ 500 billion, with a bailout government that can remove the legacy of the Syrian disaster over 10 years<span “=””>.

The economist explains in “Al-Arab” statements that Sezer’s law is not an ordinary penal law, and it aims mainly to compel al-Assad to pursue the settlement option by touching Resolution No. 22 45, noting that Russia clearly picked up this message and is working on putting its hand on Syria not only militarily, but also politically and economically<span “=””>.

Russia’s eyes are lately looking to grab all the keys to the Syrian economy. After its decision to appoint the Russian ambassador to Damascus Alexander Yevimov as a special envoy to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree last week authorizing the Ministry of Defense and Foreign Affairs to conduct negotiations with the Syrian government in order to hand over facilities and additional marine areas to the Russian army in Syria<span “=””>.

Al-Bayan: Movements to form an Iraqi cross-party parliamentary bloc

Regarding the Iraqi issue, Al-Bayan newspaper said, “Iraqi MPs are seeking to form a transitional parliamentary bloc and support for prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi, so that it will not be” political “, but” reformist “. The Prime Minister’s plans and directions, and this movement reveals a desire among a large number of deputies towards a serious transitional bloc change<span “=””>.

In this context, the head of the “Will” movement in the Iraqi parliament, Hussein Arab, said in press statements that the new bloc seeks to support the state and the government, and evaluate the work of the parliament<span “=””>.

He promised that there is an urgent need for the state to be able to face future crises and challenges, and he saw that this anticipated alliance “will be influential, not political, but parliamentary and reformist<span “=””>.”

Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Turkey strengthens its air bridge to Libya

Regarding the Turkish intervention in Libya, Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper said, “An Italian website that monitors the movements of military aviation in the region has revealed Turkey’s strengthening of its air bridge to the cities of Tripoli and Misurata in Libya, and it has sent huge military cargo flights recently<span “=””>.”

The site «Etisal Radar» that he detected a flight of a “Lockheed C130E” plane that moved from Istanbul to Tripoli, and another plane from Istanbul to Misrata, on Sunday night – Monday, and he talked about leaving a third Boeing E7T plane The city of Konya (central Turkey), yesterday (Monday), before it appeared between Malta and Libya, indicating that it had previously performed the same task two days ago<span “=””>.

The site indicated that he followed at least 11 Turkish military flights between Istanbul and Misrata during the last 9 days, at least two of them arrived in Misrata last Friday<span “=””>.

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