The collapse of Syria, brought on by U.S. policy to include economic sanctions intended to prevent economic reconstruction of the country, the looting of oil and wheat from eastern Syria and the stirring up of Kurdish separatism, is becoming more evident every day. Three developments reported in the last 24 hours show why the U.S. policy of regime change and economic sanctions is genocide and must be replaced by an entirely different paradigm of policy making, one that defends the value of each and every human life.
First, official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reports that the U.S. military took 10 truck loads of wheat from silos in the al-Yaarubiya area of Syria to Iraq on April 30 and 32 on April 29. That’s 42 more trucks of wheat that won’t be available to feed hungry Syrians.
Secondly, the U.K. charity Save the Children reported that the suicide rate among young people in northwestern Syria has skyrocketed. It documented a total of 246 suicides and 1,748 attempts. The suicide rate has risen dramatically, jumping by 86% from the first three months of last year, reported Al-Monitor. Among those who attempted suicide, 18% were between the ages of 16 and 20.