The views expressed in the resources below are not necessarily those of GNS

Highlights

Letter to President Biden: After the Earthquakes, Lift Sanctions Christian Solidarity International (14 February 2023)

World Council of Churches Following the devastating earthquake, WCC calls for the lifting sanctions on Syria (7 February 2023)

UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan Sanctions “may amount to crimes against humanity” (10 November 2022)

Letter to President Biden World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance (15 July 2022)

Letter to Liz Truss about jihadist attack on Orthodox Church The Baroness Cox of Queensbury (4 August 2022)

Letter to President Biden Christian Solidarity International and co-signatories (21 January 2021)

UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan US must remove sanctions and allow Syria to rebuild (29 December 2020)

The Independent The war of hunger is taking over from the war of guns — and all Syrians are the victims (19 March 2021)

Foreign Affairs The Pointless Cruelty of Trump’s New Sanctions (17 August 2020)

Vatican News Caritas calls for immediate end to sanctions on Syria (23 March 2021)

UN Special Rapporteur Idris Jazairy Negative impact of sanctions (September 2018)

UN Economic and Social Committee for West Asia Humanitarian Impact of Syria-Related Unilateral Restrictive Measures [leaked report] (May 2016)

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