Obama Calls Syria a Threat, Renews Ban

US President Barack Obama has renewed the country's sanctions against Syria, branding it as a source of threat to Washington.

In a letter to the US Congress on Monday, extending the nearly six-year-old embargo against Syria, Obama claimed Damascus was "continuing support for terrorist organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs," AFP reported.

Such alleged activities, he added, “continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States".'

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