Syria has been removed from the U.S list for Countries Not Cooperating Fully With Antiterrorism Efforts
Yet Syria remains on the State Sponsorship of Terrorism List
Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah has threatened direct strikes on US bases in Iraq if Washington intervenes, as Iran's April ceasefire collapses and Baghdad struggles to restrain Iran-backed militias. https://t.co/nriLyftZW2
Houthis announce total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, warning further escalation could extend to all ships bound for Israel. https://t.co/JARZcjFdIK #Houthis
A new piece that I co-authored with Amb (Ret.) Alina Romanowski and Ben Fishman on the State Department’s foreign assistance cuts. https://t.co/1bBbtZHeru
OFAC designated four individuals and multiple front companies -- including UAE- and Marshall Islands-registered shipping and energy entities -- tied to Iranian oil procurement networks subject to secondary sanctions under EO 13902. https://t.co/cUunUdl3DT #Iran#OFAC
Hezbollah's Qassem rejects the US-brokered Lebanon-Israel ceasefire as "illusory," conditioning any Litani withdrawal on a full Israeli pullout -- leaving the agreement's core enforcement mechanism unresolved. https://t.co/fPnLliEll1 #Hezbollah
Iran conditions any broader peace deal on a #Hezbollah ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah leader Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered pact that excluded the group. https://t.co/EJuLjZ3Too
Lebanon ceasefire terms remain contested — Israel says strikes continue; IRGC-QF commander Qaani demands Israeli withdrawal to pre-war positions as a minimum condition for any broader U.S.-Iran deal. https://t.co/N7dk6yGbXU #Hezbollah
Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is a "predicate to anything else happening" with Iran, while acknowledging no guarantee a nuclear deal will be acceptable to Congress or the public. https://t.co/feYL0sTp9I
He only preached death & destruction SOME of the time, so it was ok…
“He wasn’t preaching death and destruction all the time,” Dr. Hamawy added. “He had certain views that he spoke in certain forums, but that’s not what he did every single day.” https://t.co/4K2ND1VstF
Weitere Festnahme im Zusammenhang mit Waffenbeschaffungen für die ausländische terroristische Vereinigung HAMAS, Pressemitteilung der #Bundesanwaltschaft vom 28.05.2026
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The U.S. human rights and anticorruption sanctions architecture is vulnerable to exploitation by rivals seeking to target business and political opponents. https://t.co/7CIo1yQsDV @JustSecurity