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Articles and comments
The Atlantic Council US Sanctions on Syria aren’t working (13 January 2023)
Agenzia Fides Bishop of Aleppo: Western sanctions are a ‘death sentence’ for the Syrian people (20 November 2021)
Aaron Maté To keep troops in Syria, US leaders are lying like in Afghanistan (7 September 2021)
Syrian Democratic Times Sanctions are ruining Syria’s “breadbasket” are hurting children, say advocates for Christians (29 July 2021)
Aleteia Sanctions against Syria are hurting children, say advocates for Christians (7 July 2021)
Vatican News Caritas calls for immediate end to sanctions on Syria (23 March 2021)
The Independent The war of hunger is taking over from the war of guns — and all Syrians are the victims (19 March 2021)
Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich) Roland Popp: “Syrians are paying the price for our refusal to face reality” (11 March 2021) English translation
New York Times America’s Other Forever War (16 February 2021)
Anawim Today Catholic Nun Urges World Not to Forget Syria (28 January 2021)
Just World Educational Syria: A new policy is needed, but not this one (28 January 2021)
Asia News Christians and Muslims write open letter to Biden calling for an end of the sanctions against Syria (25 January 2021)
Christian Post Christian leaders urge Biden to lift sanctions on Syria (24 January 2021)
Catholic Herald Pressure builds on Biden and Johnson to stop ‘inhumane’ sanctions on Syria (21 January 2021)
Responsible Statecraft The United States needs a new Syria policy (20 January 2021)
Christianity Today Trump and Biden Disagree on Sanctions. So Do Evangelicals Outside the U.S. (14 January 2021)
Reason Magazine Why is America still in Syria? (10 January 2021)
Washington Institute for Near East Policy A Short-Term Diplomatic Agenda for the Syrian Puzzle (21 December 2020)
Foreign Policy Assad’s Syria is starting to starve like Saddam’s Iraq (2 December 2020)
London Review of Books It is the poor who suffer the full impact of sanctions (5 November 2020)
War on the Rocks What are America’s Sanctions on Syria Good For? (29 September 2020)
The Tablet Syrian Bishop calls for sanctions to end (24 September 2020)
Arab Reform Initiative Punishing the Regime, Protecting Civilians: The Dilemma of Sanctions on Syria (17 September 2020)
Asia News Aleppo Christian doctor says US-EU sanctions hinder the fight against coronavirus (4 September 2020)
Foreign Affairs The Pointless Cruelty of Trump’s New Sanctions (17 August 2020)
Reuters US slaps sanctions on Syria in push for Assad to end war (29 July 2020)
Middle East Eye Caesar Act sanctions are crippling Syria's beleaguered health sector (28 July 2020)
Presbyterian Mission Agency Caesar Act worsens humanitarian situation in Syria (15 July 2020)
MPN News Opinion: America’s scorched earth policy ensures food insecurity (14 July 2020)
The Lancet Comment: EU guidance impedes humanitarian action to prevent COVID-19 (2 July 2020)
BBC News Syria faces mass starvation of mass exodus without more aid, WFP says (29 June 2020)
Middle East Eye Could Washington’s ‘Caesar’ sanctions topple Assad? (22 June 2020)
CBS News U.S. says new sanctions won’t hurt Syrian people. Syrians disagree, and they’re already hurting (18 June 2020)
Vatican News Archbishop of Aleppo condemns new US sanctions against Syrian people (17 June 2020)
War on the Rocks Will More Syria Sanctions Hurt the Very Civilians They Aim to Protect? (10 June 2020)
Middle East Eye How ignorant British policy inflamed the war in Syria (20 May 2020)
Middle East Eye Revelations about UK media operations challenge narrative of war (18 May 2020)
London School of Economics How economic sanctions negatively affect the health sector in Syria (16 April 2020)
The Independent Robert Fisk: The Syrian conflict is awash with propaganda (1 January 2020)
Boston Globe Among the casualties of US wars in the Middle East: Christianity (24 December 2019)
Mail Online Fresh evidence UN watchdog suppressed report casting doubt on Assad attack (14 December 2019)
The Guardian Chemical weapons watchdog defends Syria report after leaks (25 November 2019)
Boston Review The President and the Blob (11 November 2019)
MPN News Ex-UK Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump’s Syria oil grab (7 November 2019)
The Guardian Trump to secure US share of Syrian oil revenues — potential war crime (28 October 2019)
Daily Telegraph Ceasefire in Syria at risk of collapse after US airstrike (1 September 2019)
Oped News Opposition or terrorists? Who are Syria and Russia bombing in Idlib? (14 August 2019)
Syrian Law Journal Taking the lead on Syria: One-on-one with Baroness Cox (11 June 2019)
The Independent Robert Fisk: The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack (23 May 2019)
The Hill Trump, ignore war hawks and end US role in Syria (23 May 2019)
Mail Online Strange News from the OPCW in the Hague (16 May 2019)
Washington Institute No More Turkish Veto on Idlib Offensive? (14 May 2019)
Boston Globe Trump is strangling Venezuela with sanctions — and it’s not working (20 March 2019)
IRIN Millions of Syrians haven’t had enough fuel to cook their food and heat their homes this winter (5 March 2019)
European Council on Foreign Relations The Economic War on Syria: Why Europe Risks Losing (27 February 2019)
Aid to the Church in Need House repair plan offers fresh hopes to Christians (20 February 2019)
BBC News The Syrians returning home after years of fleeing war (19 February 2019)
War on the Rocks Kissinger’s prophecy fulfilled in Syria (23 January 2019)
The Hill We need diplomacy not sanctions for peace in Syria (22 January 2019)
Daily Express Christian persecution: UK accept just 21 Christians from Syria since 2017 (20 January 2019)
The Arab Weekly The disaster of US democratic imperialism (20 January 2019)
Los Angeles Times For many Syrians, ‘smart’ sanctions are anything but (24 December 2018)
The Independent Former Ambassadors: Theresa May’s policy on Syria is “prolonging suffering” (19 July 2018)
The House Magazine Lord Green: On Syria, mere vituperation is not a strategy (19 Aril 2018)
The Guardian Labour releases advice casting doubt on legitimacy of Syria strikes (16 April 2018)
Politics First Magazine Baroness Cox: Let the people of Syria decide their own future (February 2018)
Aid to the Church in Need When the sky turned black with bombs (21 February 2018)
Politics Home Baroness Cox: UK foreign policy has deepened crisis in Syria (8 January 2018)
Middle East Eye Sanctions don’t stop Assad, but hurt us all, say Syrian medics and businesspeople. (23 November 2017)
The Guardian British policy has made situation in Syria worse, says former ambassador (23 December 2016)
The Times [£] Melanie Phillips: Liberals are unmoved by slaughter of Christians (19 December 2016)
The Independent US and EU sanctions are ruining ordinary Syrians’ lives (7 October 2016)
The Lancet Syria: End sanctions and find a political solution to peace (27 May 2015)
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