Aid Workers in Syria Call for End to Sanctions; Victims of Sanctions Are Children, Not the Rich

 Frontline aid workers in Syria have called for an end to international sanctions, saying the situation in the country is dire and is being made worse by the Ukraine conflict and the cumulative toll of sanctions on national infrastructure, the Crux website reports today (Nov. 27, 2022).

Riad Sargi, executive director of Caritas Syria, told Crux that international sanctions and the United States' Caesar Act "really badly affect life in Syria."

"In the end, the victim of the sanctions is not the richest people, but the poorest people, the children. They survive under abnormal conditions, without education, and without food sometimes," he said.