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The president has sanctioned four Israelis in the West Bank — and a U.S. official told HuffPost more targets will be announced soon. But skepticism persists.

Two weeks after the devastating earthquake in Syria that had already been contending with harsh US and European sanctions, the EU has decided to temporarily ease the sanctions in order to supposedly speed up aid delivery.

LONDON: The US has eased sanctions on Syria to speed up delivery of aid to the country’s northwest, which has received almost no humanitarian assistance since Monday’s earthquakes. The US Treasury issued a 180-day exemption for “transactions related to earthquake relief,” but analysts told The Guardian that the move would have little practical impact in a region badly damaged

Assad regime still insists on handling all aid shipments to war-torn and quake-ravaged country that has been all but cut off from help

The economic punishments meted out on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have produced mixed results—and a rough reckoning for foreign policy thought leaders.

As Russian occupation of four Ukrainian territories rages on, the U.S. may have an additional tool in its arsenal of legal weapons to stifle Russia’s success: designating the Russian-backed separatist forces, the Donetsk People’s Militia and the Luhansk People’s Militia, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

More and more Western power players are calling for talks with Moscow despite dim prospects for peace.

Observers say such action could have unintended consequences and even make the situation in Ukraine worse