Syria
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...
Up to 23 mln people could be affected by Turkey, Syria...
Feb 7, 2023
Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the World...
FIR is in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake disaster...
7 Feb 2023
The heavy earthquakes of the weekend in the Kurdish border area between Syria and Turkey have claimed nearly 5,000 lives according to...
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 requests international aid after massive earthquake
Feb 6, 2023
The Syrian government on Monday urged the international community to come to its aid after more than 850 people died in the...
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...
After Earthquake Devastates Syria, US Shows No Interest in Lifting Sanctions
US sanctions are specifically designed to prevent Syria's reconstruction
Posted on February 6, 2023
Categories After a devastating earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing thousands of...