Comment on American sanctions hindering Syria’s earthquake relief： ＂crisis in crisis＂

　　Comic Author: Ma Hongliang (People’s Network copyright picture, please do not reprint without authorization. )

　　On February 6, local time, a strong earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border, causing a large number of casualties in Turkey and Syria. World Health Organization officials said on the 14th that the earthquake on the border between Turkey and Syria caused 26 million people in both countries to need humanitarian assistance.

　　Affected by years of war and US sanctions, the people’s livelihood in Syria has languished, and the earthquake has made the local humanitarian crisis worse. After the earthquake, the United States still refused to lift sanctions against Syria, hindering the arrival of relief aid. It was not until the 9th that the United States announced the temporary lifting of some sanctions. At this time, the 72-hour gold rescue period has passed. Natural disasters and "man-made disasters" have caused the Syrian people to bear a great price and suffer a "crisis in crisis".

　　For a long time, in order to maintain its hegemony, the United States has intervened militarily in Syria, imposed unilateral blockade and sanctions, and looted resources, which is the initiator of the Syrian crisis. After the earthquake, the United States and the West even put politicization above saving lives and hindered earthquake relief. Bashar al-Jaafari, the Syrian ambassador to Russia, recently broke the ugly face of the United States: "Imagine that our ambulances don’t even have fuel to transport the wounded, while the United States has been stealing our natural gas and oil and transporting it to a third country."