Syrian Citizens in Government Held Areas

UN Expert: Crippling US Sanctions on Syria

January 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Interview, Poverty and Sanctions, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Aaron Mate, published on Syria Solidarity Movement, January 15, 2021 (originally published on The Grayzone, January 14) Crippling US sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act are decimating war-ravaged Syrian civilians, are illegal, and should be lifted, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions says. An independent United Nations expert is calling on the US to lift its crippling sanctions[…]