Biden Announces Extension Of National Emergency With Respect To Syria For 1 Year

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th May, 2021) US President Joe Biden announced that he is extending for another year the state of emergency with respect to Syria.

"I am continuing for one year the national emergency declared with respect to the actions of the government of Syria," Biden said on Thursday.

Biden said the United States will reconsider the existing policy based on the future actions of the Syrian government.

In 2004, then President George W. Bush issued the original order and subsequent US presidents extended it in response to what they said was a national security threat posed by the Syrian government, including its alleged support for terrorism, the weapons of mass destruction and missile development programs and its efforts to undermine stabilization efforts in neighboring Iraq.

Biden also condemned the government of President Bashar Assad and what he called were the enablers, Iran and Russia.