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Cuba, Venezuela and China are rushing aid to earthquake-hit Syria. US...
The US Treasury has issued a 180-day waiver on certain sanctions imposed on Syria to allow for earthquake relief. However, the US and its...
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Lifting sanctions on Syria won’t help earthquake victims
By Wa’el Alzayat
Feb 9, 2023
Following the devastating series of earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northwest Syria...
Aid to earthquake victims requires the immediate lifting of US sanctions...
By Niles Niemuth
Feb 8, 2023
One day after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks struck the western border region of Turkey and Syria,...
Syrian Arab Red Crescent Calls for Lifting of Sanctions on Syria...
The US has shown no interest in lifting the sanctions, which are specifically designed to prevent Syria's reconstruction
Posted on February 7, 2023
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Lifting of Sanctions to Allow Aid into Syria
February 6, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) calls for the immediate lifting of sanctions on Syria to allow for more humanitarian aid...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: a catastrophe waiting to happen
By Joe Attard
07 February 2023
Early on the morning of Monday 6 February, a devastating earthquake shook the Middle East, ripping the Earth apart...
Middle East Council of Churches and WCC calls on the international...
Following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake on 6 February, the presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches held an emergency meeting to discuss the...
UN expert calls for lifting of long-lasting unilateral sanctions ‘suffocating’ Syrian...
Statement by Ms. Alena Douhan Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rightsAt the meeting...
Sanctions imposed by US and allies hamper relief and rescue work...
Over 5,000 people have been reported dead so far and thousands more injured in Turkey and Syria in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday
February...
Syria: Western Sanctions Hampering Quake Relief Efforts
Feb. 7, 2023
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – A Syrian official has called on the United States and the European Union to lift the siege and economic...