(The following article was originally published by CGTN, on the 10th of March 2023) Since February 24, 2022, Washington has tried to impose on the entire world a specific perception of the battle in Ukraine, not as a battle taking place in Europe, but as a global battle in which the U.S. is the commander of one of its sides, and the entire world must choose to be either with or against it. This is the same way George W. Bush acted during the so-called war on terror.

(The following article was originally published in English by CGTN on the 25th of February 2023) On February 18, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, while attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany, said that China would publish a document outlining its "position on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis." 

On the June 5, the European External Action Service (EEAS) published a promotional video on Twitter regarding EU sanctions against Syria, in which it claims that the EU sanctions were “designed in a way… avoiding negative impact on the population.”

The new US sanctions package, which falls under the elusive name “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act”, will enter into force mid-next month. Several events are taking place in parallel, in the northeast and northwest, and in the Syrian territories in general.

The Western Syria-related discussion seeks to once again push the issue of “the fate of the Syrian president” to the forefront, after it had been absent for a few years. So, what lies behind this?

While writing this piece, the total confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US is nearly one million, about a third of confirmed cases worldwide. It is both painful and sad, whether concerning the suffering of Americans due to this catastrophe, or the suffering of American medical staff on the front lines as they genuinely fight the virus and try to protect the public’s health.