Los grupos armados sirios leales al presidente Ahmad al-Sharaa lograron doblegar la resistencia de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS), el grupo mayoritariamente kurdo, pero este avance solo puede entenderse por el total respaldo que Estados Unidos brindó al gobierno sirio.

Few comprehensive studies have been conducted of the humanitarian toll that sanctions, especially those vastly strengthened through the US-imposed Caesar Act, have taken on the Syrian people amid an already devastating war.

Collapsing infrastructure, shortages of medicine and supplies, dwindling qualified staff, and the closure of medical facilities are pushing Syria’s healthcare system to the brink.

The move is seen as an incentive by the Trump administration for Syria’s interim government to sign a normalization agreement with Israel.

The newly imposed unilateral sanctions by the US are likely to harm the Syrian government’s efforts to rejuvenate the economy. Already existing EU and US sanctions are seen as among the main hurdles to the reconstruction process in Syria

The Syrian government has denounced the US sanctions as illegal and an example of US’ “thuggish behaviour”