U.S. envoy Tom Barrack shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a meeting in Istanbul on May 24, 2025. (Archive photo: AFP)
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump again insisted that his Syrian counterpart, Ahmad al-Sharaa, would do a "very good" and "precise" job against Hezbollah, yet another statement of the kind. This growing insistence comes at a time when Damascus keeps reiterating it does not wish for any kind of intervention in Lebanon. Meanwhile, an Iraqi decision to adopt U.S. banking restrictions against Hezbollah and its affiliates sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury leaked in the press, following a meeting in Washington between Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. During this encounter, the U.S. leader told the press of the need to impose sanctions against Iran and Hezbollah. Read more Lebanon at the heart of Turkey’s strategy to counter Israel and contain Iran In short, the U.S. intends to strangle...
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump again insisted that his Syrian counterpart, Ahmad al-Sharaa, would do a "very good" and "precise" job against Hezbollah, yet another statement of the kind. This growing insistence comes at a time when Damascus keeps reiterating it does not wish for any kind of intervention in Lebanon. Meanwhile, an Iraqi decision to adopt U.S. banking restrictions against Hezbollah and its affiliates sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury leaked in the press, following a meeting in Washington between Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. During this encounter, the U.S. leader told the press of the need to impose sanctions against Iran and Hezbollah. Read more Lebanon at the heart of Turkey’s strategy to counter Israel and contain Iran In short, the U.S. intends to strangle...
