(2023-02-17). Syria Held Hostage by the US And Its Allies. orinocotribune.com By B. Nimri Aziz — Feb 13, 2023 | Perhaps the most agonizing experience for a family, for any bystander, even for humanitarian professionals, is a double tragedy—a death or calamity where they are refused access, where they are forced to helplessly witness suffering, unable to offer succor. This is surely what faces millions of able-bodied Syrians today. It affects Syrians within the stricken nation along with their faraway relatives and friends. | Anyone seeing suffering is involuntarily driven forward— to assist. Yet Syrians globally, those most affected by the agonizing images and stories emer…
(2023-02-16). Calls to withdraw sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria grow louder. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Editor's note: The original article mistakenly stated that China had offered $4.4 billion in aid to Syria. That figure has been corrected to $4.4 million. | On Monday, February 13, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Bassam Sabbagh stated before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that all…
(2023-02-16). Sanctions only create suffering for poor people, so why keep imposing them? peoplesworld.org 
For decades, the United States government has used economic sanctions as a supposedly non-violent way of forcing supposed enemy states to capitulate to the will of the U.S. We are told that as opposed to open conflict, sanctions are less violent. At first glance, this might seem true… a more humane form of warfare, if …
(2023-02-17). Syria Held Hostage by the US And Its Allies. orinocotribune.com By B. Nimri Aziz — Feb 13, 2023 | Perhaps the most agonizing experience for a family, for any bystander, even for humanitarian professionals, is a double tragedy—a death or calamity where they are refused access, where they are forced to helplessly witness suffering, unable to offer succor. This is surely what faces millions of able-bodied Syrians today. It affects Syrians within the stricken nation along with their faraway relatives and friends. | Anyone seeing suffering is involuntarily driven forward— to assist. Yet Syrians globally, those most affected by the agonizing images and stories emer…
(2023-02-16). Calls to withdraw sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria grow louder. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Editor's note: The original article mistakenly stated that China had offered $4.4 billion in aid to Syria. That figure has been corrected to $4.4 million. | On Monday, February 13, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Bassam Sabbagh stated before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that all…
(2023-02-16). Sanctions only create suffering for poor people, so why keep imposing them? peoplesworld.org For decades, the United States government has used economic sanctions as a supposedly non-violent way of forcing supposed enemy states to capitulate to the will of the U.S. We are told that as opposed to open conflict, sanctions are less violent. At first glance, this might seem true… a more humane form of warfare, if …
(2023-02-16). Commander Of U.S. Forces In Syria, Iraq Warns Of Response After Iranian Drone Incident. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. (U.S. Army photo) | The United States forces in Syria and Iraq "retains the right to self-defense," Major General Matthew McFarlane, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve, warned on February 15, just a few hours after
(2023-02-16). Saudi Foreign Minister Will Visit Syria In Upcoming Few Days — Report. southfront.org 
Syria flag (flickr). | Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the upcoming few days, Sputnik reported on February 16, citing a Syrian source with knowledge on the matter. "Preparations are currently underway for the visit of Prince Faisal bin Farhan within days," the source, whose name was not revealed, told the Russian news agency, without elaborating. | This would be the first visit by a senior Saudi official to Damascus since the war…
(2023-02-16). Turkish Shelling Kill Elderly Man In Quake-Hit Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org 
Image: aa.com.tr | On February 16, an elderly man was killed when the Turkish military shelled the town of Tell Rifaat in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | Tell Rifaat is controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, the Syrian Arab Army maintains a large presence in the town and its surroundings. A unit of the Russian Military Police is also deployed there. | The SDF-linked Hawar News Agency identified the victim as 70-year-old Yusuf Abd. The…
(2023-02-16). US Shoots Down Drone Near Occupied Gas Field in Syria. news.antiwar.com US Central Command has said that US forces shot down a drone on Tuesday that was flying near a US base in northeast Syria. CENTCOM claimed the drone was Iranian-made and said the incident took place at the Mission Support Site Conoco, a US base next to the Conoco gas fields in eastern Syria's Deir …
(2023-02-16). U.S. Sanctions on Syria Block aid! End Sanctions NOW! Learn how SanctionsKill. iacenter.org The demands are rising! End the sanctions on Syria. Thousands caught under the rubble. Tens of thousands are homeless. Yet U.S. sanctions are blocking every form of relief. We need an international campaign to END these deadly sanctions. Order 2nd Edition, just released SANCTIONS — A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy: iacenter.org/sanctions-book Download the REPORT: US Sanctions: Deadly, Destructive and in Violation of International Law Get the latest updates at: syriasupportmovement.org The anthology: SANCTIONS: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy challenges a deadly U.S. policy. In 3 mont…
(2023-02-16). Biden to Syrian Earthquake Victims: Drop Dead. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-16). In Syria, the West's Humanitarian Claims Crumble to Dust. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-16). Devastating Impacts of Earthquake: Prevailing Sanctions Against Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2023-02-16). Sanctions are killing people in earthquake-hit Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the brutal impact of sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria. She explains how these extensive sanctions are leading to deaths, obstructing vital aid, and preventing reconstruction efforts, even as their authors, the US and its European allies, deliver homilies about democracy. She also talks about how the 'easing' of sanctions by the US is not having any significant impact.
(2023-02-16). How U.S. sanctions block aid to earthquake victims in Syria. workers.org 
Even the ancient citadel in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, was destroyed by the 2023 earthquake. The terrible earthquake that hit a wide area of southeastern Türkiye and neighboring Syria has reportedly killed at least 36,000 people as of Feb. 13, with estimates that this total will reach 50,000. This winter . . . |
(2023-02-16). Earthquake-ravaged Syria abandoned as Washington continues to pursue its goal of regime change. wsws.org The grand total of $85 million in aid offered by the Biden administration to both Turkey and Syria represents a tiny fraction of the billions in arms and aid poured into the proxy jihadist forces that ravaged Syria in Washington's regime change war.
