(AFP-New York Times) President Obama on Monday renewed sanctions against Syria for a year, accusing Damascus of supporting terrorist groups and pursuing missile programs and weapons of mass destruction. Obama said in a message to Congress that the Syrian government had made "some progress" in suppressing the infiltration of foreign fighters into Iraq. But he added that Syria's "continuing support for terrorist organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States."
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