US punishing Syria for its support of Palestinians: Damascus

"The Senate voted as expected for economic and diplomatic sanctions against Syria because of its support for the resistance of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation," the official news agency SANA said.

Syria's ruling party newspaper, Al-Baath, said Wednesday that "Those who want any useful dealings with Syria must understand that only dialogue can bear fruit with it," adding that Damascus was "immune to outside pressure."

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Syria "has no large foreign debt and its food security is assured", Al-Baath said in shrugging off the threat of sanctions.