Sanctions are suffocating Syria: UN expert
Pushback with Aaron Mate
English - November 23, 2022 16:59 - 54 minutes - 124 MB - ★★★★★ - 548 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After a 12-day visit, UN expert Alena Douhan calls for the lifting of US-led sanctions on Syria, where 90% of the population lives below the poverty line, 12 million grapple with food insecurity, millions are internally displaced, and electricity is scarce. The impact of the sanctions are compounded by a US military occupation of areas containing Syria's oil and wheat.
Guest: Alena Douhan. UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights.
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