Syria suffers economic siege, says President Bashar al-Assad tells Chinese envoy
Damascus — President Bashar al-Assad said Syria was suffering an “economic siege” as his government faces a raft of international sanctions over the eight-year civil war.
Instead of dialogue, foreign powers have adopted “a different approach consisting of boycott, ambassador withdrawal, economic siege and the use of terrorism”, he said. The president describes both rebels and jihadists as “terrorists”.
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