The Syrian Foreign Ministry issued an angry statement Jan. 2 blasting the “lying” statements issued by the U.S. State Department blaming Assad for the economic crisis in Syria instead of U.S. sanctions. The Syrian statement came in response to a statement issued by the phantom U.S. embassy in Damascus (as the Syrians point out, the U.S. embassy in Damascus has been closed since 2012 but the State Department continues to issue statements in its name). An official source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that this behavior “confirms the United States’ insistence on the approach of hegemony, arrogance, unipolar control, and only listening to voices that suit its reckless decisions in the region.”
The Foreign Ministry said that the American administration should bear “full responsibility for the suffering of Syrians resulting from its support for terrorism and the imposition of unilateral coercive measures that violate international laws and their rules and deprive the Syrians of providing the requirements for a decent life and living.”
They further asserted that the results of those policies “amount to crimes against humanity,” and concluded by saying that the UN Special Rapporteur’s call “should mark the beginning of holding the American administration accountable for its crimes against the Syrians before the competent international court.”
