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THE new rulers of Syria declare the country open for privatisation and foreign investment.
In an interview with the Financial Times published today, the country’s foreign minister, Assad al-Shaibani, said his country was prioritising “economic development.”
Speaking from the Syrian capital Damascus, he said: “There needs to be law and there needs to be clear messages to open the way for foreign investors, and to encourage Syrian investors to return to Syria.”
IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention