* Let me make this concretely clear:
Punitive sanctions on #Assad's regime have zero effect on the influx of aid into regime-held areas of #Syria.
Moreover, the x3 sanctioning entities (U.S., E.U. & #Canada) provide 90% of the ~$5bn aid program directed through #Damascus.
Punitive sanctions on #Assad's regime have zero effect on the influx of aid into regime-held areas of #Syria.
Moreover, the x3 sanctioning entities (U.S., E.U. & #Canada) provide 90% of the ~$5bn aid program directed through #Damascus.
That UN aid program in #Damascus is an enormous effort -- & without Western funding, it'd vanish almost instantly.
Our governments continue to fund it to help those in need, in regime areas, *despite* the #Assad regime's systematic manipulation & diversion of the aid for 12yrs.
Our governments continue to fund it to help those in need, in regime areas, *despite* the #Assad regime's systematic manipulation & diversion of the aid for 12yrs.
We continue to fund the UN's aid program in #Damascus, even despite the #Assad regime's policy of enforcing manipulated exchange rates upon its in-flows -- meaning that 51 cents of every single $1 sent in, is stolen by the regime.
Removing sanctions *only* benefits #Assad. Only.
Removing sanctions *only* benefits #Assad. Only.
In formal, policy terms, the #Biden admin has also made all humanitarian aid entirely exempt from any sanctions-related restrictions.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
In other words, international aid -- 49% of which is paid for by the U.S. -- continues to go #Assad areas, unchallenged.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
In other words, international aid -- 49% of which is paid for by the U.S. -- continues to go #Assad areas, unchallenged.
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