It’s been more than 30 years since Philippine lawmakers moved to end the permanent U.S. military presence in the country. Previously, the U.S. operated two major bases, but many Filipinos saw the bases as a legacy of U.S. colonialism, and wanted to assert their independence.Now, the Philippines is inviting the U.S.
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on six individuals in Syria and Lebanon, including two cousins of President Bashar al-Assad, who are linked to the Syrian regime's Captagon production and export.
Some 83 years after being employed against Germany in 1940, economic sanctions have become the most widely-used tool in Washington's arsenal to coerce adversarial states. Sanctions have become a parallel or alternative policy to military.