DISINFO: Sanctions against Syria are crimes against humanity and chemical attacks don't exist
SUMMARY
From the start, the purpose was to destroy this secular country. There is no reason to allow this Syrian secular nation to get up again now. Hence the sanctions. Inhuman sanctions. It is a crime against humanity.
The Americans themselves, the great experts, say that there have never been any chemical weapons in Syria. In any case, it is attributed to the Syrian army while the Syrian army in 2013 was far from Ghouta.
But nobody listens to the truth, the media continue to lie.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives attempting to acquit the Assad regime of all responsibility for chemical attacks in Syria, and accusing the EU and the US of crimes against humanity because of sanctions.
According to the British Joint Intelligence Organisation, "it is highly likely that the regime was responsible for the CW attacks."
The Ghouta attack was investigated by a UN Mission set up by the UN Secretary General, and its findings were contained in a report published in September 2013. The OPCW and the WHO played an important but auxiliary role throughout the process (ibid., p. 4).
EU sanctions are not a crime against humanity. The goal of these measures is to put pressure on the Syrian regime to halt its repression and negotiate a lasting political settlement of the Syrian crisis, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254 under UN auspices. They are part and parcel of the EU’s wider approach to the Syria crisis, as outlined in the EU strategy on Syria.
EU sanctions are designed in a way that only targets the specific individuals and entities on the sanctions list, avoiding negative impacts on the population. They comply with all obligations under international law, in particular international refugee law, international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
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