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World Insights: Fury boils over persistent U.S. sanctions on war-torn, now quake-hit Syria-

Calls are growing for the US and its allies to remove their anti-Syria sanctions, which are hampering aid efforts for the quake-hit and war-torn country.

Lebanon has opened its airspace and ports to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid to Syria, after it announced that it was sending a team of first responders to help in rescue efforts.

Monday’s devastating earthquakes killed hundreds of Syrians and shattered critical infrastructure already battered by the West’s decade-long dirty war. Washington has refused to budge on its sanctions policy.

A Syrian journalist tells Press TV that different provinces lack medical supplies and technical equipment to rescue survivors of the deadly earthquake that has hit Syria due to the sanctions imposed by the US.

BEIRUT: Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Al-Bukhari held talks with Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun on Thursday. The meeting coincided with intensified discussions between Lebanese parties to come to an agreement on a new presidential candidate, and Gen. Aoun could be a promising option. The Aoun-Bukhari meeting anticipated the Paris international meeting to discuss

The ambassador in charge of coordinating international support to Lebanon, Pierre Duquesne, announced that he is visiting Lebanon as part of a tour that led it to Egypt and Jordan in the framework of seeking to support Lebanon in the energy field. |...

At a direct request from the United States, the tripartite meeting that was scheduled last Thursday between the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, the Energy Minister, Walid Fayyad, and representatives of the World Bank was canceled to continue...

Plus, a top Republican lawmaker questions the Biden administration's Syria policy and the US announces support for Lebanon's security forces.

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