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Karam Shaar كرم شعّار Profile picture
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Jun 27, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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A huge effort from the @MEDirections on studying the regime's control over the operations of non-governmental organizations in #Aleppo with a focus on the role of UN agencies.

Here are some disturbing highlights.
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May 31, 2023
Last week, @CarolineRose8 and I published this report, documenting the Assad regime's narrative and policies on narcotics.

The report analyzed 612 articles from SANA (2015-2022), official statements, UNODC submissions, and gazette announcements.

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SANA articles primarily focus on domestic seizures rather than the more serious problem of cross-border smuggling.

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While the number of regime-reported seizures is relatively high, the amounts seized are negligible.

On average, the amount seized in regime-held Syria is only 5% of that in Saudi Arabia (3.45 million vs. 169 thousand).

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Feb 10, 2023
Here's what I'm gathering from multiple sources. It looks like a UN-brokered deal has been struck between Western donor states and the Assad regime to deliver aid to those affected by the recent earthquake:

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The US Treasury issued a six-month sanctions exemption for all transactions related to responding to the earthquake in Syria.

+sending the aid

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In exchange, the Assad regime agreed to three things:

1- Provide a fair exchange rate for the money transferred to the UN and other humanitarian actors with respect to responding the earthquake, something we've demanded for a long time to no avail.

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Feb 10, 2023
BREAKING: The US Treasury issues a six-month sanctions exemption for all transactions related to responding to the earthquake in Syria.

This is a step in the right direction.

I've long argued that targeting the banking sector is ineffective and unethical.

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Sanctioning the banking sector is
-a form of collective punishment: civilians pay much of the cost
-the Assad regime has the means to circumvent them
-They should be lifted in exchange for concessions.

Targeted primary and secondary sanctions need to be used far more often

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Today's exemption won't change the situation on the ground much, as sanctions weren't the main impediment to the humanitarian response, to begin with.

Lifting them will also deprive the regime of a key propaganda tool.

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Jan 31, 2023
THREAD: Pope Francis met with the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), Khaled Hboubati, today and presented him with “valuable medals.”

Unless Hboubati was there to confess his sins, this is outrageous. The medals should be returned and here's why:

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The SARC governs and channels much of the multi-billion dollar humanitarian response in regime-held Syria since the 2011 uprising.

SARC has been accused on numerous occasions of aid diversion, refusing to help civilians in opposition and besieged areas, and corruption.

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Hboubati is anything but a humanitarian. He was imposed on SARC in 2016, although he's never worked at the organization or the sector at large.

He and his father were active in the businesses of nightclub management and trade.

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Jun 13, 2022
Life is turning into hell for #Syrians in #Turkey

I had to double-check, because, at a first glance, the draconian measures that the Turkish Minister of Interior, Süleyman Soylu, announced two days ago at the Migration Board Meeting in Ankara sounded too extreme to be true.
Syrians will now be banned from visiting relatives and family in northern Syria for the holiday of Eid Al-Adha.

Soylu said that Syrians in Turkey who wish to cross the borders into Syria will only receive one-way permits.
The minister also announced that, from now on, the background of all Syrians coming to Turkey will be checked. Those coming from Damascus will be rejected and returned immediately.

The "Damascus is safe" rhetoric that started in Europe is now echoing in Turkey, too.
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Jun 5, 2022
Outrageous! The UK Government, argues that arriving in the UK by boat is "deeply unfair because it advantages those with the means to pay people smugglers over vulnerable people who cannot."

So they crafted a "world-leading solution:" send them to RWANDA.
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Yes, Rwanda, where the notorious human rights abuser, president Kagame, won 99% of the vote in the latest elections!

But according to the Home Secretary, Rwanda is an "outward-looking county."

According to Johnson, Rwanda shares the UK's "humanitarian impulse".
The Israeli government offshored several thousands of asylum-seekers to Rwanda between 2014 and 2017, but later abandoned the scheme when it emerged that some of them ended up in the hands of people smugglers and were subjected to slavery.
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