News From Antiwar.com by Jason Ditz
While the US loudly applauded the regime change in Syria back in December, their interaction with the new Islamist government in Damascus has been fairly limited. It is now being reported that the US sent Syria a list of demands, and offered “partial sanctions relief” if they complied.
A lot of the details are still emerging on this offer, but the demands include disposing of all chemical weapons, forbidding foreign jihadist fighters from senior government positions, and appointing a liaison to the US to help them look for Austin Tice.
The chemical weapon demand may be a difficult one to comply with at a satisfactory level. The Assad government had already disavowed chemical weapons over a decade ago, and in 2017 the US accused them of a chemical attack, one which the Assad government insisted never happened…
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