BBC World Service - Newshour, Newshour in Syria: Doctors say sanctions crush healthcare

BBC World Service - Newshour, Newshour in Syria: Doctors say sanctions crush healthcare

Newshour reports from Damascus on the doctors who say they are fighting against crippling sanctions when trying to look after their patients. Also on the programme: Friedrich Merz has suffered a shock defeat in a parliamentary vote, failing to win the majority needed to become Germany's new chancellor; and Port Sudan is again attacked by paramilitaries. (Photo: A child injured in an airstrike receives medical treatment at a hospital in Idlib, …

Pressure on Trump to Ease Syria Sanctions Intensifies

Debate among U.S. officials over U.S. policy toward post-Assad Syria, and in particular the key issue of U.S. sanctions, is intensifying as U.S. partners warn of growing instability in the country. Damascus gets just one hour of electricity per day, and outlying provinces receive less than that. Millions of Syrians face starvation, and 12.9 million are reported to face dangerous levels of food insecurity. Conditions are deterring the millions of…