sanctions

Immiserated, humiliated, yet resilient: how Syrians survive America’s economic siege

Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have […]

High Energy Prices Killed 68,000 Europeans Last Winter, Claims The Economist

The Economist has estimated that, over the winter, high energy prices led to 68,000 excess deaths in Europe. The rise in energy prices was partly due to Europe's self-imposed sanctions on Russian energy.
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America’s Sanction Idiocy

Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger recently said that everything that increases tensions between China and the U.S. is “stupid, stupid, stupid.” Microsoft Founder Bill Gates believes the U.S. will not “be successful at preventing China from having great chips.” Even American businesses try to get around the country’s export controls and protect their […]

Mr. Guaidó Goes to Washington

Juan Guaidó continues to advocate punishing the Venezuelan people with US coercive economic measures. Recently shipped to Washington DC, the former “interim president” of Venezuela pleaded, “You can’t use a kind or soft approach,” such as easing the suffering, because it would “normalize dictatorship.” Guaidó was livestreamed May 3 from the quasi-governmental Wilson Center. Located […]

How NATO states sponsored ICC prosecutor’s Putin arrest warrant

ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood. Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stood before a podium on March 3, 2023, and issued an unusual qualifier: “Of course the prosecutor of the ICC does not, whatever affection and regard I may […]

Syrie : SitRep 138 avec Ayssar Midani (12 février 2023) – spécial séisme en Syrie et en Turquie

Syrie : SitRep 138 avec Ayssar Midani (12 février 2023) – spécial séisme en Syrie et en Turquie – 6 février à 03h30 : séisme en Syrie et en Turquie de magnitude 8.4, plus de 30 000 morts – Bachar Al-Assad et toute la Syrie sur le pied de guerre pour retrouver des survivants – De nombreux pays bravent le […]