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Jul 14, 2020, 5 tweets

Special Analysis
"In a world dominated by American exceptionalism and #neocolonialism, #hunger has become a weapon of #war."
by @VanessaBeeley
mintpressnews.com/as-syria-strug… #Syria #military #CaesarAct #sanctions #COVID19 #Covid_19 #Economic #RegimeChange #Syrian

The Caesar #Syria Civilian Protection Act, also known as the #CaesarAct, is a #UnitedStates legislation that sanctions the #Syrian #government, including Syrian president Bashar al-#Assad, for alleged ##WarCrimes against the Syrian population.
#sanctions

"I was told of fires mysteriously ignited to the West of Sweida destroying food crops there."
Map showing all the crop-fires raging intermittently across #Syria. Credit | Ibrahim Mohammad

"They did not let us extinguish the fire. If we tried to extinguish the fire they would shoot at us. they set the fire and we civilians pay the price."
#Syria #sanctions #RegimeChange #WarCrime #warmongers

#Turkey cut off the #water supply to an area in northeastern #Syria on the #Euphrates River at the Tishreen Dam.
#WarCrime #Syrian #sanctions

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