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THE CRISIS
9.3 million people considered food insecure
Devastating forest fires destroy homes and crops
Unequipped to fight COVID-19
80% of Syrians live below the poverty line after 9+ years of war
Currency inflated by 314% since 2011
More than 11 million require humanitarian assistance
Up to 70% of the health workforce has left the country
Syria can not rebuild or recover economically due to unilateral sanctions placed by the U.S. and EU
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Washington must end its war against the Syrian people
The Syrian war is drawing near its end, yet the nation still suffers as a new round of sanctions imposed by the United States sends the Syrian economy into more turmoil than nearly a decade of war. The U.S. claims that these latest sanctions previously penned at the end of 2019 will target those who support "the Assad regime's military efforts", but inevitably the Syrian people have suffered the most in what the Syrian Foreign Ministry accurately called "economic terrorism."
The U.S. must accept its failure in toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad, end its war against the Syrian people and respect international law.
The United States has long had an interest in toppling an independent Syria. Even as far back as 1949, the U.S. overthrew Syria's democratic government in a coup, a fact later admitted by former CIA agent Miles Copeland in a BBC interview from 1967.
Clandestine activity against the Arab nation continued through the latter half of the 20th century and finally came to a head during the Bush-Obama years. In 2006, American diplomat William Roebuck outlined the weaknesses of the Syrian government later to be exploited by the Obama administration when the Arab Spring came to Syria in 2011:
"We believe Bashar's weaknesses are in how he chooses to react to looming issues, both perceived and real, such as a the conflict between economic reform steps (however limited) and entrenched, corrupt forces, the Kurdish question, and the potential threat to the regime from the increasing presence of transiting Islamist extremists."
After infiltrating and radicalizing what was originally a legitimate movement in the country, the U.S. and its allies plunged the nation into a gruesome war lasting nearly a decade.
Their plan of ousting Assad now failed given the near-full victory of the Syrian Arab Army, the U.S. has shifted its tactics now to demoralize the Syrian people by launching a new round of extraordinarily tough sanctions, the so-called Caesar Act, set to go into effect on June 17.
This new sanction is particularly aggressive in that it not only targets Syrian officials and entities, but also foreign entities doing business with Syria. The anticipated effects of the sanctions have already destroyed the economy with the Syrian pound hitting a record low on the black market on June 6 – trading at under a third of its official value at over 2,300 pounds per U.S. dollar. Before the conflict began in March of 2011, the dollar was worth 47 pounds.
Reports are coming out that runaway inflation has created scarcities of basic necessities – all of this in the midst of a global pandemic that Syria's decimated medical infrastructure, formerly one of the most robust in the Middle East, already cannot withstand. Journalist Asser Khattab said that "Syria's pharmaceutical industry is in crisis, with medicines disappearing, pharmacies closed and factories at risk of shutting down."
At the same time, it's likely that the sanctions will create generalized problems well past the pandemic as more than half of the population faces food insecurity due to the rapidly inflating price of basic foods.
A boy watches Christmas decorations on a cable car at a shopping center in Los Angeles, U.S., December 24, 2018. /Xinhua
The country's middle class has been destroyed and it is estimated that over 80 percent of the country's population was living in poverty even before the pandemic hit. However, things are only becoming worse as the situation unfolds.
"We are seeing children going to bed hungry now, which we did not see before," said Imran Riza, the top UN official stationed in Damascus. "The reality now is simply that people can't afford food."
The Syrian Foreign Ministry responded to these sanctions, rightly calling them a "flagrant violation to the most simple human rights and international laws." The ministry also pointed out that while the rest of the world unites to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic – an issue of paramount importance to humanity – the United States "continues the policy of hegemony and arrogance on the international arena."
Indeed, since the beginning of Syria's brutal war, Syrian blood has been sacrificed simply for American geopolitical interests. Joseph Massad, Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University, lamented in 2011 in an op-ed for Al-Jazeera at the very start of the war that the Syrian people were being "sacrificed at the altar of U.S. imperialism."
"It was the United States that destroyed Syrian democracy in 1949 when the CIA sponsored the first coup d'état in the country ending democratic rule. It is again the United States that has destroyed the possibility of a democratic outcome of the current popular uprising. My deep condolences to the Syrian people," he wrote.
These actions by the United States against Syria were and continue to be horrifyingly immoral, but they're not unique. They're part of a pathological trend from Washington of not only continuing, but increasing, criminal sanctions against governments targeted for regime change even in the middle of a global pandemic.
Washington's violations of international law and transgressions against basic human decency, both at home and abroad, must be checked by the international community.
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OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Caesar Act: The Latest Western Attack on Syria Didn't Drop From a Plane
As Syria struggles to recover from over a decade of US-imposed conflict, it faces a new deadly threat in the form of sweeping sanctions under the Caesar Act.
by Eva Bartlett
June 19th, 2020
By Eva Bartlett
Talib Mu'alla served as a soldier in the Syrian Arab Army before he was wounded in Aleppo in 2014. As he described the multiple shots he took to his body, I thought it remarkable that he survived.
"A shot (bullet) to my chest, a shot to my stomach, three shots in my spine. My chest, stomach, and intestines ruptured, and I lost a kidney. I was also shot in the right side of my face," he recounted. "I fell into a coma for 25 days, then woke for a few days and fell back into a coma for another 16 or 17 days. It took two years for me to be able to walk again."
Talib was discharged from the army after his injuries and has since joined an auxiliary of the army. "From 2011 until now, I haven't taken off my uniform. And I won't take it off until the war is finished," he said.
The media's monsters
As a consequence of the war on Syria, there has been immeasurable loss: the destruction of historic places like Palmyra, Maaloula (the ancient Aramaic village northeast of Damascus), Aleppo's souqs; and the destruction of city districts in the fight against terrorism. Aleppo's souqs were being carefully restored when I traveled to Syria in March. Yet, there is still much rebuilding to do and thanks to the Caesar Act, that just got harder.
More appalling than the destruction of Syria's historic places is the human loss, civilian and military alike. Regarding the latter, little concern is meted out by Western press over the deaths and maiming of members of Syria's national army. On the contrary, the Syrian Arab Army is portrayed in Western media and by Western politicians as murderers and thugs personally belonging to President Assad and not to Syria.
Nothing could be further from the truth, and indeed countless videos and anecdotes of Syrian soldiers putting their lives on the line in order to protect and save civilians from terrorists are available for any who wish to see them. The army is a conscript army but also includes career soldiers and men and women who voluntarily joined in order to defend their country.
Last August, I interviewed the Syrian Arab Army's Head of Political Administration, General Hassan Hassan. He noted that the Syrian army "includes in each of its formations, soldiers from all Syrian governorates, with no exception." This defies Western media's portrayal of the Syrian army as "Assad's army" or their claims that those fighting "rebels" (terrorists) are only from the Alawi sect. These types of claims are put forth in an attempt to create the illusion that in Syria, it has been President Assad and "his forces" against disenchanted Sunnis, an utterly false claim.
This sectarianism exists largely in the minds of those backing terrorism in Syria, be they Saudi, Turkish, Qatari, or Western leaders.
When I asked General Hassan to speak more on the army, he replied:
The two greatest armies in modern history have failed to achieve what the Syrian Army has accomplished. In Afghanistan, fewer than 10 percent of the number of terrorists in Syria were able to defeat two armies: the Red Soviet Army and the U.S. Army.
But, the Syrian Army defeated such terrorism. The Syrian Army fought battles that can be classified as new in military science. The Syrian Army fought above ground and underground battles in addition to their battles against the media war, intelligence war, information war, economic war, gang and street-to-street wars. Despite all of that, the Syrian Army achieved victory. Therefore, can we imagine the magnitude of the sacrifices made in this respect by the Syrian Army?"
On various trips to and around Syria over the years I've encountered Syrian soldiers in hot zones where terrorists linger nearby and in liberated areas, at checkpoints and in hospitals. Many are young, and others are grey-haired, proud to be serving in the defense of their country and citizens.
Many drive taxis in their off-hours to compensate for the meager salary they receive, a salary that doesn't compare to the hefty salaries paid to members of Gulf and Turkish-backed armed militants.
Together, and with the help of Syria's allies, they staved off some of the most heinous and powerfully-backed terrorists the modern world has known, but at a great price.
The numbers of wounded soldiers, particularly critically-wounded, are not published, so it is hard to gauge just how large their numbers are. However, given that the war on Syria has raged for nearly a decade, with soldiers fighting well-armed terrorists from around the world–terrorists with the backing of the U.S.-led coalition in Syria — the numbers of martyred and maimed can only be tragically-high.
Wounded veterans prepare for life after war
Given that the U.S. government frequently criticizes the government of Syria for not taking care of its citizens, it's worth reflecting on the shameful manner in which the U.S. neglects its own veterans of war. But in Syria, a myriad of associations work with war-wounded soldiers to provide prosthetic limbs and rehabilitate them after their injuries, giving them life skills to work or start their own businesses.
Jerih al-Watan (The Wounded of the Homeland), is a veteran support program founded in 2014 by the Syrian Presidency with the support of the Syrian Trust For Development and medical experts. The aim of Jerih al-Watan, according to its Facebook page, is "providing adequate care and appropriate rehabilitation to secure a decent life for the wounded," from the army, popular defense forces, and internal security forces."
Jerih al-Watan focuses on physical rehabilitation, social and psychological support as well as vocational training for jobs ranging from construction to food production.
The latter is what I saw last week when I traveled to the Qardaha region in northwestern Syria. A region I had not previously visited, Qardaha is a paradise that the average person may not associate with Syria, as many mistakenly imagine the country to be all desert. It is not, of course.
Traveling a familiar route from Damascus to the coast, I passed rows of greenhouses and the citrus and banana trees that are prevalent in the Tartous and Latakia region and finally moved up along a road lined with pine trees and wildflowers, winding up through the mountainous hills of Qardaha. Photos of martyred soldiers appeared when passing through Qardaha itself, as they do all over Syria.
I reached the training point, where, in the evening, a gorgeous pink sunset descended over the layered hills, the sea in the distance.
Soldiers were receiving training in the skills of cheese and yogurt making, staples of the Syrian diet. They were first shown how to make the products, then had a hand at making them themselves. The final results were the delicious spice-colored yogurt balls and black-sesame-laden cheeses that are ubiquitous in Syria's restaurants.
Crippling new sanctions punish Syrian civilians for US defeat in proxy war
AARON MATÉ·JUNE 18, 2020
As Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long war, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions under the Caesar Act that target reconstruction.
"For Syrians, sanctions on reconstruction and on oil and gas are likely to be felt most acutely," the Washington Post reports. "The Caesar Act will probably limit the government's ability to procure oil, further hurting the already low quality of life." The new sanctions follow earlier coercive measures that had already hurt Syrian civilians, compounding the destruction of a lengthy proxy war fueled and funded by the US and its allies.
Guest: Elijah Magnier, veteran war correspondent who has covered the Middle East for more than three decades.
As Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long war, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions that explicitly target reconstruction. Under the Caesar Act, the US government will target anyone who does business with the Syrian government. The measure singles out three sectors of Syrian society: the military, the gas industry, and reconstruction in government-held areas — where the vast majority of Syrians live. According to the Washington Post: "For Syrians, sanctions on reconstruction and on oil and gas are likely to be felt most acutely... The Caesar Act will probably limit the government's ability to procure oil, further hurting the already low quality of life."
These sanctions have already had a major toll even before coming into force. Just last week, the Syrian pound hit a record low, plunging to less than a fifth of its value one year ago. And that follows the suffering caused by previous US-led sanctions. In 2018, a UN report warned that US-led sanctions "have had a devastating impact on the entire economy and the daily lives of ordinary people."
The Caesar Act is named after the pseudonym used by a Syrian military officer who leaked more than 50,000 photos documenting deaths and torture in Syria. The photo collection contains multiple images of the same victims. Now there is no doubt that the Syrian government practices brutal torture and kills prisoners. But lost in the media coverage of the Caesar photos are some key facts. For one, according to Human Rights Watch, just under half of the photos capture killings and attacks committed by anti-government militants. There are over 24,000 of such photos, while there are over 28,000 photos documenting killings, attacks, and torture by the Syrian government.
That suggests that the photos captured killings committed by both sides of a multi-year war that tore Syria apart. The initial investigation of the Caesar photos was also funded by the Qatari government, which played a key role in funding the anti-government militants in Syria. As the Christian Science Monitor noted, while all the allegations might well be plausible, "...the [Caesar] report itself is nowhere near as credible as it makes out and should be viewed for what it is: A well-timed propaganda exercise funded by Qatar, a regime opponent who has funded rebels fighting Assad who have committed war crimes of their own." When the photos first emerged, it was on the eve of critical peace talks between Assad and the opposition.
Caesar Tries To Suffocate 17 Million Syrians
Rick Sterling
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Since 2011, the US and allies have promoted, trained and supplied militants trying to bring about "regime change" in Damascus. Having failed in that effort, they have tried to strangle Syria economically. The goal has always been the same: to force Syria to change politically. This month, June 2020, the aggression reaches a new level with extreme sanctions known as the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act.
The new law is fraudulent on two counts. It is called "Caesar" in reference to a 2014 propaganda stunt involving an anonymous Syrian who was alleged to be a military photographer. He claimed to have 55,000 photos showing about eleven thousand victims of Syrian government torture. As the Christian Science Monitor said at the time, the "Caesar" report was "A well-timed propaganda exercise funded by Qatar." A 30 page analysis later confirmed that the "Caesar" report was a fraud with nearly half the photos showing the OPPOSITE of what was claimed: they documented dead Syrian soldiers and civilian victims of "rebel" car bombs and attacks.
The Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act is also fraudulent by claiming to "protect civilians". In reality, it is punishes and hurts the vast majority of 17 million persons living in Syria. It will result in thousands of civilians suffering and dying needlessly.
Pre-Existing Sanctions
The US has been hostile to Syria for many decades. Unlike Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Syria under Hafez al Assad refused to make a peace treaty with Israel. Syria was designated a "state sponsor of terrorism" and first sanctioned by the U.S. in 1979.
After the US invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, Syria accepted about one million Iraqi refugees and supported the Iraqi resistance in various ways. In retaliation, the US escalated punishing sanctions in 2004.
In 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressured Syria to change their foreign policy and be more friendly to Israel. Syrian President Bashar al Assad pointedly declined. Twelve months later, when protests and violence began in Syria in 2011, the US, Europe and Gulf monarchies (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) quickly supported the opposition and imposed more sanctions.
In 2016, after five years of crisis and war, a report on the humanitarian impact of sanctions on Syria was prepared for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. It noted that "US and E.U. sanctions on Syria are some of the most complicated and far-reaching sanctions regimes ever imposed." The 30 page report went on document with case studies how humanitarian aid which is supposed to be permitted is effectively stopped. The sanction regulations, licenses, and penalties make it so difficult and risky that humanitarian aid is effectively prevented. The report concluded with thirteen specific recommendations to allow humanitarian and development aid.
But there was not relaxation or changes in the maze of rules and sanctions to allow humanitarian relief. On the contrary, as the Syrian government was expelling terrorists from east Aleppo, southern Damascus, and Deir Ezzor, the US and EU blocked all aid for reconstruction. The US and allies were intent to NOT allow Syria to rebuild and reconstruct.
In 2018, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Idriss Jazairy, prepared a report on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on human rights in Syria. He noted, "Unilateral coercive measures on agricultural inputs and outputs, medicines, on many dual use items related to water and sanitation, public electricity and transportation, and eventually on rebuilding schools, hospitals and other public buildings and services, are increasingly difficult to justify, if they ever were justifiable."
Before 2011, 90% of pharmaceutical needs were filled by Syrian factories. Those factories which remain have trouble getting raw materials and cannot get replacement parts for equipment. For example an expensive dialysis machine or MRI machine from Siemens or General Electric is rendered useless because Syria cannot import the spare part of software. On paper, they can purchase this but in reality they cannot.
Over 500,000 civilians returned to Aleppo after the terrorists were expelled at end of 2016. But reconstruction aid is prohibited by US sanctions and UN rules. They can receive "shelter kits" with plastic but rebuilding with glass and cement walls is not allowed because "reconstruction" is prohibited. This article describes numerous case examples from war torn Aleppo.
The author had a personal experience with the impact of sanctions. A Syrian friend could not get hearing aid batteries for a youth who was hard of hearing. Sanctions prevented him from being able to order the item because financial transactions and delivery is prohibited without a special license. A stockpile of the specialized batteries was easy to purchase in the USA but took almost a year to get to the destination in Syria.
US Economic Bullying and Terrorism
The Caesar Act extends the sanctions from applying to US nationals and companies to any individuals and corporations. It claims the supra-national prerogative to apply US laws to anyone. "Sanctions with respect to foreign persons" include blocking and seizing the property and assets of a person or company deemed to have violated the US law. This is compounded by a fiscal penalty which can be huge. In 2014, one of the largest international banks, BNP Paribas, was fined $9 Billion for violating US sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan.
The Caesar Act claims the Syria Central Bank is a "primary money laundering" institution and thus in a special category. It aims to make it impossible for Syrian companies to export and import from Lebanon. It will make it extremely difficult or impossible for Syrians abroad to transfer money to support family members in Syria.
In addition to these extraordinary attacks, the US is undermining and destabilizing the Syrian currency. In October 2019, the Syrian currency was trading at about 650 Syrian pounds to one US dollar. Now, just 8 months later, the rate is 2600 to the US dollar. Part of the reason is because of the threat of Caesar sanctions.
Another reason is because of US pressure on the main trading partner, Lebanon. Traditionally, Lebanon is the main partner for both imports and exports. In spring 2019 US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, threatened Lebanon if they did not change their policies. It was blatant interference in Lebanese internal affairs. In Fall 2019 street protests began, and the Lebanese and Syrian banking crisis also began.
With the devaluation of their currency, prices of many items has risen dramatically. Agricultural, medical, industrial and other raw materials and finished goods are almost impossible to acquire.
The shortage of food is compounded because wheat fields in North East Syria, the bread basket of Syria, have been intentionally set on fire. In the past week, sectarian groups in Lebanon have blocked World Food Program trucks carrying food aid to Syria. Meanwhile, in eastern Syria, the US and its proxy militia control and profit from the oil fields while the Syrian government and civilians struggle with a severe shortage oil and gas.
James Jeffrey and US Policy
In a June 7 webinar, the Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, brazenly stated the US policy. The US seeks to prevent Syria from rebuilding. He said "We threw everything but the kitchen sink .... into the Caesar Act."
The exception to punishing sanctions are 1) Idlib province in the North West, controlled by Al Qaeda extremists and Turkish invading forces and 2) north east Syria controlled by US troops and the proxy separatists known as the "Syrian Democratic Forces". The US has designated $50 million to support "humanitarian aid" to these areas. Other US allies will pump in hundreds of millions more in aid and "investments". US dollars and Turkish lira are being pumped into these areas in another tactic to undermine the Syrian currency and sovereignty.
In contrast, the vast majority of Syrians – about 17 million – are being suffocated and hurt by the extreme sanctions.
The US has multiple goals. One goal is to prevent Syria from recovering. Another goal is to prolong the conflict and damage those countries who have assisted Syria. With consummate cynicism and amorality, the US Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey described his task: "My job is to make it a quagmire for the Russians." Evidently there has been no significant change in foreign policy assumptions and goals since the US and Saudi Arabia began interfering in Afghanistan in 1979.
In his 2018 "End of Mission" statement, the United Nations Special Rapporteur was diplomatic but clear about the use of unilateral coercive sanctions against Syria: "the use of such measures may be contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, the UN Charter and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States."
Caesar and the Democrats
The economic and other attacks on Syria have been promoted by right wing hawks, especially fervent supporters of Israel. Eliot Engel, chairman of the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee, pushed to get the Caesar Act into law for years. This was finally done by embedding it in the humongous 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
In a hopeful sign that times may be changing, a progressive candidate named Jamaal Bowman may unseat Engel as the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election. Eliot Engel is supported by Hillary Clinton and other foreign policy hawks. Jamaal Bowman is supported by Bernie Sanders.
While this may offer hope for the future, the vast majority of Syrians continue as victims of US foreign policy delusions, hypocrisy, cynicism and cruelty.
Rick Sterling is a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He can be reached at rsterling1@protonmail.com.
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Des ventes aux enchères clandestines d'êtres humains se dérouleraient une ou deux fois par mois en Libye, non loin de la capitale, Tripoli. Des migrants "noirs" d'Afrique subsaharienne sont cédés par des passeurs pour des sommes allant de 500 à 700 dinars libyens (jusqu'à 435 euros). Voici ce qui arrive désormais nombreux migrants qui transitent par la Libye pour gagner l'Italie, porte d'entrée en Europe.
Il est temps de dire stop ! En 2017 ceci ne devrait pas être possible, un retour à la barbarie est inacceptable ! Signez cette pétition pour interpeller toutes les autorités compétentes pour libérer tous les captifs, punir les trafiquants et trouver une solution viable à cette migration du désespoir de la jeunesse Africaine !
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Clandestine auctions of human beings are taking place once or twice a month in Libya, not far from the capital, Tripoli. "Black" migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are ceded by smugglers for sums ranging from 500 to 700 Libyan dinars (up to 435 euros). Here is what happens now to many migrants who transit through Libya to reach Italy, gateway to Europe.
It's time to make it stop! In 2017 this should not be possible, a return to barbarism is unacceptable! Sign this petition to call on all the competent authorities to release all captives, punish traffickers and find a viable solution to this desperate migration of African youth!
INHUMAN TREATMENT OF SOMALI MIGRANTS IN LIBYA
The European Convention on Human Rights 1950, brought into English law by the Human Rights Act 1998, guarantees your most fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom from torture, and freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 3 ECHR).
I have recently watch a snap video of a young black woman pleading to the world . In the video she is tight by the hands and legs, she is wearing a ripped cloths ( very dirty white t shirt , and no shoes). Continuously being beaten with a stick non stop . Her head is bleeding and she is covered with mud and dust . she severely malnourished and hopeless . this video has deeply disturbed me and so many other people who watched it. She is somalian as that is the language she is using . We do not know where she is currently located other than being in libya . These woman are being tortured and punished / raped and sold on the black markets for simply trying to find a better life for themselves and their family .
Currently there are more than 500,000 migrants and refugees are estimated to be trapped in the war-torn country of libya . Woman who gave birth to their rapist child. We demand that the Somali people held in detention and children, as well as women and girls detained with dependent children or pregnant, are released and Send them back Home to somalia.
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