Crippling New Sanctions Punish Syrian Civilians For U.S. Defeat In Proxy War

http://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/18/crippling-new-sanctions-punish-syrian-civilians-for-us-defeat-in-proxy-war/
Date Written:  2020-06-18
Publisher:  The Grayzone
Year Published:  2020
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX25150

As Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long war, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions under the Caesar Act that target reconstruction.

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For Syrians, sanctions on reconstruction and on oil and gas are likely to be felt most acutely,” the Washington Post reports. “The Caesar Act will probably limit the government’s ability to procure oil, further hurting the already low quality of life.” The new sanctions follow earlier coercive measures that had already hurt Syrian civilians, compounding the destruction of a lengthy proxy war fueled and funded by the US and its allies.