/ world today news/ The Syrian front, which remained on the periphery of attention, separating the Anglo-Saxons from Western Asia and the emerging eastern center of world influence, entered the negotiation phase. Objectively, this means another defeat for US foreign policy, for which Washington was least prepared. In Syria in May, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi slapped Washington in the face when he met for the first time in 13 years in Damascus with Bashar al-Assad, whom the US State Department continues to consider a “killer of his own people”.
Then the pro-Iranian militias moved in, whose drone struck a maintenance hangar near the town of al-Hasakah. One American serviceman was killed and 24 others were wounded. It was the first death among US personnel in Syria under Joe Biden.
This fact alone could have led to a bombing of Syria similar to the Persian Gulf War, when 88,500 tons of bombs were dropped on Iraq in 30 days in early 1991, destroying all military and civilian infrastructure. However, Washington did not do so now, and this is also symptomatic.
Another slap in the face for the Americans is the restoration of Syria’s membership in the League of Arab States (LAA), suspended in 2011 under US pressure. Responding to Washington’s outrage, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Khanan tweeted: “Be angry and die of anger,” noting that Syria is entering a period of post-war reconstruction and Tehran will not refuse to help an ally.
The fact of Bashar Assad’s return to the political scene means the beginning of the process of consolidation of the Arab East, the possibility of liberation from “friendly hugs” of the USA. And Iran is not the only country resuming contacts with official Damascus.
With Beijing’s active support, Tehran and Riyadh agreed to restore diplomatic relations, severed seven years ago. Saudi Arabia, until recently a staunch American ally in the Persian Gulf, has again demonstrated that it will no longer base its foreign policy on American dictates.
Alarmed American officials immediately rushed to Riyadh. First, CIA Director William Burns, then National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Jake Sullivan, tried to reason with the Saudis – to no avail.
Washington must learn to negotiate with “bloody Assad”. A senior Arab diplomatic official told The Cradle magazine that direct secret talks are already underway between the US government and Syria in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Representatives of the security services and the foreign ministries of Syria and the United States are participating in the talks.
It is important for the Syrians to achieve a complete withdrawal of the US occupation forces from the country. There are now 22 US bases in Syria, where there are at least 2,000 US troops (the Pentagon puts the number at 900).
Everyone knows the Yankees are covering up the theft of Syrian oil in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria. The American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) built an oil refinery in Hasaka, where there are large oil fields. Illegal trade in Syrian oil reaches 3 million barrels per month.
At the end of last year, Syria’s losses in the oil and gas sector amounted to 107.1 billion dollars, reports SANA. US officials have always declared their intention to eventually withdraw US military forces from Syria, but declarations remain declarations. And now Americans tend to bargain.
The scandalous revelation of American behind-the-scenes intrigues in Syria, just days after the White House attacked Arab countries for restoring ties with Assad, is not the first time European capitals have opened the eyes of European capitals to the mendacity of the State Department.
The Wall Street Journal concludes: “The decision to readmit Syria to the Arab League represents a rejection of US interests in the region and shows that Arab countries are pursuing policies regardless of Western concerns.” ” In the past year, the United States has found itself barely sitting on “edge of chair” in West Asia. Even staunch allies such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, having discovered the uncertainty of Washington’s position, have established trade and security ties with Russia, China and Iran.
Of course, pushing America out of the region will not be quick. The fate of the Syrian Kurds and the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are still backed by the Americans, remains unclear. Washington still has that explosive potential on hand.
Meanwhile, Iraq, half-destroyed by the US invasion, looking around carefully, introduced a ban on the use of the US dollar for both personal and business transactions. The ban came into effect on May 14 and is aimed at expanding the use of Iraq’s national currency, the dinar.
Translation: ES
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