Prof. Michel Raimbaud to ST: If I were the Lebanese legal government, I wouldn’t meet Mr. Macron’s demands
Created on Sunday, 09 August 2020 14:08 | Published Date | 
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The Former French diplomat Prof. Michel Raimbaud believes that the real goals of Macron’s visit, that was surely undertaken with Trump's blessing is to bring Lebanon to request and accept international (i.e. western) assistance for the reconstruction for years to come, to isolate even more strictly Syria and to prevent the realization of the route linking Iran to the Mediterranean Sea.Read More...
It is indeed remarkable that Syria was able to hold parliamentary elections despite this time of duress that the country is passing through. Sanctions, the Caesar Act, continuous attacks on Syrian land by Turkey and Israel and of course the pandemic that has been raging through the world with no exceptions-only for Syrians, due to sanctions they are at an even further disadvantage as they are unable to secure basic requirements for fighting corona .Despite all of this Syrians grit their teeth and went to the polling stations to vote for their representatives in parliament.
The Regime in Washington cowardly incorporated part of the "Caesar Act" act in what they call the national defense authorization act for Fiscal Year 2020 , Alexander Azadgan, who is professor of International Political Economy in Southern California told Syria Times e-newspaper. 
By:Reneva Fourie
The Caesar Act comes at a time when the whole world is suffering not only in the health arena (Covid-19) but also in the financial one.
