The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the troubles of the Syrian people are a direct result of US-backed terrorism.

Iran PressMiddle East: According to the official Syrian news agency (SANA), the Syrian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday said: "the suffering that the Syrians have undergone is a direct result of the US-backed terrorism and the oppressive actions that affect the lives and livelihoods of the Syrian people."

The statement added: "The US government should know that an attack on Syria against the stability of the Syrian people will inevitably fail, and that the future of Syria is the exclusive right of the Syrian people to determine, and that there will be no role for the US or anything else."

The Syrian Foreign Ministry called the continuation of sanctions against Damascus a clear violation of the principles of international law and a kind of war crime, adding that the American officials would be punished for such inhumane acts.

On the anniversary of the signing of the 'Caesar' sanctions against the Syrian government, The non-resident US embassy in Syria claimed that the sanctions would continue until Damascus accepts the US conditions for resolving the crisis.

The 'Caesar Law' is a 2019 resolution of the US Congress that came into force on June 1, 2020.

Under the law, the US government intends to impose severe sanctions on Syrian institutions and individuals.

The US government is also using the law to strike at Syria's allies in the reconstruction phase.

Since 2011, the United States has targeted Syria with various sanctions to support terrorists.

The crisis in Syria began in 2011 with a massive offensive by terrorist groups backed by Saudi Arabia, the United States and their allies to shift the regional equation in favor of Israel. 219