Category: Sanctions on Syria

US sanctions are part of a multi-front war on Syria, and its long-suffering civilians are the main target

July 13, 2020, RT.com -Eva K Bartlett The US is waging multiple fronts of war against Syria, including brutal sanctions, while claiming concern over the well-being of Syrian civilians – the vast majority of whom are suffering as a direct result of US policies. On June 17, the US implemented the Caesar Act, America’s latest… Read More US sanctions are part of a multi-front war on Syria, and its long-suffering civilians are the main target

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Western leaders, screw your ‘Sanctions Target the Regime’ blather: Sanctions KILL PEOPLE

December 16, 2019, RT.com -by Eva Bartlett The US has a favourite tool for bullying non-compliant nations: sanctions. Sanctions inflict considerable suffering, even death, on ordinary people in targeted nations. Yet those defiant nations persist and resist. A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post proposing a new oil-for-food scheme, this time in Venezuela, surprisingly… Read More Western leaders, screw your ‘Sanctions Target the Regime’ blather: Sanctions KILL PEOPLE

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Damascus Peace, But Syria Still Under Strangling Western Sanctions, Embassy Closures

    A morning drive and walk through Damascus with my friend Lulwa, from the Old City to Midan to the artisan area, Tikkiyeh, near the National Museum. We discuss Canada’s obscene preventing of Waseem Ramli from taking his post as honourary consul. [Support Waseem] Lulwa talks about how Canada’s (shameful) closure of Syrian embassies/consulates… Read More Damascus Peace, But Syria Still Under Strangling Western Sanctions, Embassy Closures

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Dr Husam al-Samman on Syrian Health Care System, Criminal Western Sanctions, War on Syria

In early December, I spoke with Dr. Husam al-Samman, a Syrian doctor living in the United States, about issues pertaining to the health care system in Syria; about the early days in Syria–when corporate media claimed the protests were peaceful–and about the criminal western sanctions on Syria, which prevent even the delivery of critically-needed medicines,… Read More Dr Husam al-Samman on Syrian Health Care System, Criminal Western Sanctions, War on Syria

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Eva Bartlett on Syria: myths, media lies, and realities. Imperialism on Trial, Birmingham

Eva Bartlett speaks about the Imperialist war on Syria, looking at myths and media lies on Syria. This was one of several speeches at Imperialism on Trial, in Birmingham, the third night of the tour. Panel included: -The former British Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford -Professor Peter Kuznick, co-author (w Oliver Stone) of the Untold… Read More Eva Bartlett on Syria: myths, media lies, and realities. Imperialism on Trial, Birmingham

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the myth of sectarianism in Syria

In his latest interview, with RT’s Murad Gazdiev, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the question of whether Sunnis are oppressed in Syria, as corporate and Gulf media so often allege. President Assad replied: “…the first narrative when it started, internationally–mainly in the West of course–and within Syria, in some mainstream media’s in our region and… Read More Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the myth of sectarianism in Syria

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