The U.S. is set to deliver $593 million to Syria, aimed at supporting the local LGBT+ community, women, the handicapped and displaced.
Syrian refugees in a camp in Turkey © Mena Today
The U.S. is set to deliver $593 million to Syria, aimed at supporting the local LGBT+ community, women, the handicapped and displaced, United States Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said on Tuesday.
The United States has had no political relations with Damascus for many years due to the civil war and the presence of Russian and Iranian military forces, as well as Hezbollah militias in the country.
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, called on Saturday for the lifting of Western sanctions on Syria, describing them as a "major obstacle" to the return of refugees following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
The Hezbollah, a well-documented terrorist group operating in Lebanon, has condemned the recent decision by the U.S. administration to reclassify Yemen’s Houthi movement as a "foreign terrorist organization."
Iran said on Saturday it had arrested 13 adherents of the banned Baha’i faith for proselytising to children and adolescents, local media reported.
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