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Everything you need to know about the sanctions on Syria: who do they target, how do they work, what is the impact on civilians? Big backgrounder for @NewHumanitarian: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
Some say sanctions on Syria strangle trade and aid work, hurting ordinary people. Others say US and EU lawmakers have created broad humanitarian exemptions to make sure civilians aren& #39;t harmed. Turns out both are right.
Here& #39;s the whole mess, explained: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
Here& #39;s the whole mess, explained: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
New US sanctions aim to deprive regime-held Syria of fuel, and it& #39;s working. By me on the heating oil shortage: http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/03/05/blame-game-over-syria-s-winter-fuel-crisis">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/... Also, on how life in Damascus grinds to a halt without gasoline by @seldeeb: https://apnews.com/146f6ea0d62e48aa8f3323e803cb5595">https://apnews.com/146f6ea0d... and @SyriaDirect: https://syriadirect.org/news/%e2%80%98from-one-crisis-to-another%e2%80%99-gas-queues-and-frustration-as-damascus-residents-grapple-with-fuel-shortages">https://syriadirect.org/news/%e2%...
Grim reports on the very mid-war feel of post-war Syria:
• Two years after fighting ended, corpses still lie under East Aleppo& #39;s rubble. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-aleppo-insight/in-east-aleppo-bodies-still-under-rubble-show-limits-of-syrias-recovery-idUSKCN1S115Y">https://www.reuters.com/article/u... @angusmcdowall
• The Damascus suburbs are in ruins, gas shortages kill the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-26/waiting-19-hours-for-gas-in-a-lifeless-city">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat... @DonnaAN1
• Two years after fighting ended, corpses still lie under East Aleppo& #39;s rubble. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-aleppo-insight/in-east-aleppo-bodies-still-under-rubble-show-limits-of-syrias-recovery-idUSKCN1S115Y">https://www.reuters.com/article/u... @angusmcdowall
• The Damascus suburbs are in ruins, gas shortages kill the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-26/waiting-19-hours-for-gas-in-a-lifeless-city">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat... @DonnaAN1
Citing Oil Ministry, al-Watan says SAA-held areas produce only 24% of Syria& #39;s daily oil needs, rest must come from SDF or abroad. End of Iran credit in Oct followed by US sanctions on Iran & shipping in Nov led to total halt in tanker trade since Oct 2018. http://alwatan.sy/archives/195266 ">https://alwatan.sy/archives/...
Amid Syria& #39;s worst-ever fuel crisis, the state ended its decades-old oil import monopoly in February ( http://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/03/05/blame-game-over-syria-s-winter-fuel-crisis).">https://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/... Now, a Lebanese front company linked to the Qaterjis emerges as a private quasi-monopoly. Economic power grab? @TheSyriaReport: http://syria-report.com/news/oil-gas-mining/influential-investors-gain-prominent-role-syria%E2%80%99s-oil-trade-business">https://syria-report.com/news/oil-...
Iran has resumed oil deliveries to Syria after a half-year long cut that caused damaging shortages in Syria, linked to U.S. sanctions but also to Iran refusing to extend new credit.
• http://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1SG1FK">https://reuters.com/article/a... @angusmcdowall
• http://cnbc.com/amp/2019/05/09/iran-appears-to-be-restarting-oil-exports-to-syria-as-trump-ups-pressure.html">https://cnbc.com/amp/2019/... @lghara93 @tdichristopher
• http://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1SG1FK">https://reuters.com/article/a... @angusmcdowall
• http://cnbc.com/amp/2019/05/09/iran-appears-to-be-restarting-oil-exports-to-syria-as-trump-ups-pressure.html">https://cnbc.com/amp/2019/... @lghara93 @tdichristopher
Two more @newhumanitarian texts on the Syria sanctions, as complicated as they are important.
• Oil sanctions & their effects: http://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/03/05/blame-game-over-syria-s-winter-fuel-crisis">https://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
• Why exemptions for food, medicine, and aid aren& #39;t working as planned and how experts want to fix it: http://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria">https://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
• Oil sanctions & their effects: http://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/03/05/blame-game-over-syria-s-winter-fuel-crisis">https://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
• Why exemptions for food, medicine, and aid aren& #39;t working as planned and how experts want to fix it: http://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria">https://thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/...
Syria& #39;s economy remains connected across all political divides: gasoline shortages caused by new U.S. sanctions now roll into the northeast, sparking protests against SDF authorities in Qamishli and Hassakeh. http://www.artafm.com/opinion/16544 ">https://www.artafm.com/opinion/1... https://www.npasyria.com/en/blog.php?id_blog=156&sub_blog=4%20&name_blog=Fuel%20crisis%20due%20to%20an%20administrative%20defect%20in%20Self-Administration%20institutions%20in%20Al-Hasaka">https://www.npasyria.com/en/blog.p... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3sdUwlYbV0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Well, other causes too: Tishreen quotes Oil Ministry as saying more Iranian credit would be hugely helpful, but don& #39;t get your hopes up; state& #39;s current import deals are good for two years but will remain vulnerable to delays & disruption by sanctions etc. http://tishreen.news.sy/?p=333894 ">https://tishreen.news.sy/...
Syrian top-tier tycoon Samer Foz slapped with U.S. sanctions. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm704">https://home.treasury.gov/news/pres...
EU needs to stop sanctioning Syria based on the idea it can get Assad out, because it& #39;s just making things worse, writes @Nour_Samaha, who proposes conditional re-engagement, sanctions relief, and a focus on e.g. prisoner releases. https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/can_assad_win_the_peace_syria">https://www.ecfr.eu/publicati... https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-syria-quagmire-what-next-bashar-assad-war">https://www.politico.eu/article/e...
As the US and EU sanction Syria& #39;s oil trade, mystery explosions knock out its pipelines, and the UK seizes oil tankers, @TheEconomist sums up the gravity of the Syrian fuel crisis in a sentence: “A full tank would cost a civil servant half a month’s pay.” https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/07/11/oil-shortages-in-syria-are-starting-to-hurt">https://www.economist.com/middle-ea...
Before going to war with Iran, why not take a moment to trace this escalation spiral backwards: Iran seizes UK tankers in the Persian Gulf, after UK seized an Iranian tanker at Gibraltar, citing EU sanctions. What are the sanctions about? Actually, Syria: https://twitter.com/aronlund/status/1130919826854174720">https://twitter.com/aronlund/...
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