{"id":359190,"date":"2018-05-01T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/eu-sanctions-have-disastrous-effects\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T08:30:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:30:04","slug":"eu-sanctions-have-disastrous-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/eu-sanctions-have-disastrous-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Sanctions Have Disastrous Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this year, a delegation from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party visited Syria to gain a better understanding of the situation in government-held areas of the war-torn country. The delegation\u2019s leader Christian Blex, a member of the Bundestag, spoke to Sputnik reporter and columnist Suliman Mulhem about his findings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Blex said the delegation \u201cfelt safe\u201d throughout\u00a0their tour of\u00a0Syria \u2013 which included the cities of\u00a0Damascus, Homs and Aleppo \u2013 while noting the presence of\u00a0checkpoints manned by\u00a0troops from\u00a0the Syrian Army to\u00a0clamp down\u00a0on terrorists and smugglers attempting to\u00a0transport armaments to\u00a0militant-held parts of\u00a0the country.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe people on\u00a0the streets looked completely normal and relaxed. The security situation seemed to\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>me very good, at\u00a0least beyond\u00a0the reach of\u00a0the artillery of\u00a0the \u2018moderate\u2019 terrorists. But East Ghouta is <\/strong>fortunately<\/strong>\u00a0free now<\/a>, so Damascus cannot be targeted by\u00a0mortars and rockets anymore as\u00a0it is out\u00a0of range,\u201d Dr. Blex said in\u00a0an interview with\u00a0Sputnik on\u00a0April 30.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the topic of\u00a0the repatriation of\u00a0Syrian refugees in\u00a0Europe, he said that the religious leaders of\u00a0the Arab state, in\u00a0addition to\u00a0representatives of\u00a0the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in\u00a0Aleppo, called for\u00a0the return of\u00a0externally displaced Syrians.
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\u201cDuring our stay, we found no doubt that the return of\u00a0Syrians of\u00a0any religious affiliation is eagerly awaited.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When asked for\u00a0his thoughts on\u00a0the EU\u2019s sanctions against\u00a0Syria, Dr. Blex cited a 2016 report from\u00a0the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for\u00a0Western Asia (ESCWA) which described the sanctions as \u201csome…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, a delegation from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party visited Syria to gain a better understanding of the situation in government-held areas of the war-torn country. The delegation\u2019s leader Christian Blex, a member of the Bundestag, spoke to Sputnik reporter and columnist Suliman Mulhem about his findings. Dr. Blex said the delegation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-359190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}