US Congress Discovers Syria, Decides It's Time to Undo a Sanction
In news that will surely shock those who believe US foreign policy is swift and humane, Al-Monitor reports Congress is finally considering repealing the 'tough' Caesar sanctions on Syria. These sanctions, imposed in 2020 (not 2025 as the article states, perhaps a prophetic slip), have devastated the Syrian economy, directly contributing to widespread poverty and food insecurity. It only took years
of human rights organizations screaming about the humanitarian catastrophe for lawmakers to eye a carve-out. One might wonder about the timing. Could it be that Western powers, having successfully (and perhaps inadvertently) engineered a failed state, are now realizing the blowback? Or perhaps, with attention shifting to... other humanitarian crises, Syria is finally off the 'punish indefinitely'
list. Don't expect the mainstream cheerleaders to connect the dots between relentless economic warfare and increased regional instability. They're too busy debating whether a few more 'targeted' sanctions will fix the problems their last batch created.