Damascus-Sana
American officials acknowledge once again that the difficulties that the Syrians suffer in their livelihood from the difficulties of securing the basic necessities of their daily lives, such as oil, gas, food and health supplies, and the queues that attract the lenses of ordinary and professional photographers, are the result of Washington's sanctions and its unfair economic measures against the Syrian people, which constitute a flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws.
Former Washington's ambassador to Syria Robert Ford confirms in the context of a press article that the US administration led by Trump wants American and Western sanctions against Syria, including the so-called (Caesar Act) to increase the economic pressures on the Syrian state and portray these pressures as a clear indication of American success in Syria.
However, the American diplomat was surprised at how Washington considers the lining of Syrian citizens in long and cumbersome queues in order to buy basic needs such as bread and fuel, among the American achievements and successes that could affect the Syrian positions, stressing that such rows never mean that there is an American victory that is within reach.
The announced American statements claim that the sanctions and the siege do not target the Syrian people, but rather the government. However, the frequent confessions of current and former officials in the American administration show the US administration's boast that its sanctions are resulting in a decrease in the value of the Syrian pound and queues on basic needs, which means increasing the suffering of the Syrian people and constraining them in their livelihood. Far from all the slogans that it previously marketed and marketed today about its policies in Syria.
Ford’s approval is inseparable from the recent confession of James Jeffrey, the named former US envoy to Syria, from statements last June about Washington’s targeting the Syrian people and pressuring them through its unilateral economic measures. Ford confirmed this fact, adding that Washington’s sanctions “also hinder it. Investment operations that lead to the deterioration of basic services such as water and electricity needed by the general population.
Referring to the misinformation that Washington has practiced on public opinion regarding the fact that sanctions against the people do not affect civilians, Ford asserts, on the contrary, that "they increase the burden of economic problems on the Syrian citizens and transform their living conditions from bad to worse first, and it also completely prevents investment in the country." .
Washington's hostile measures against Syria constitute a violation of the most basic human rights and international humanitarian law, as it is recognized by the American diplomat who was one of the first instigators against the Syrian state that prevent Syrian citizens from finding jobs in the absence of new projects and impede trade and reconstruction, as they directly affect them and lead to an impact on The exchange rate of the Syrian pound and raising the prices of basic imports such as oil and foodstuffs.
Ford's statements, known to be one of the strongest supporters of terrorist organizations in Syria since the start of the terrorist war against them, are added to American officials ’confessions about Washington’s hostile policies against Syria and their recognition that the real goal of the US administration in keeping its occupying forces in some Syrian areas is to steal Syrian oil in cooperation with the (SDF) militia. And preventing the state from extending full control over its territory away from the false slogans that these forces are present to fight the terrorist organization (ISIS).
Basima Kanon
