Syria’s permanent envoy to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said on Wednesday that terrorism and unilateral, coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people are the main reasons behind the paralysis in the economic life and destruction of infrastructure and the departure of large numbers of Syrians from their country.
“The tragedy of the Syrians is a big one, but, unfortunately, the UN Security Council didn’t touch the real reasons behind the departure of different spectrum of the Syrian people from their country, mainly, terrorism and the unilateral economic sanctions which paralyzed the economic life, stopped job opportunities and increased unemployment,” al-Jaafari said at a UN Security Council session on the state in the Middle East to discuss UN Secretary General report about implementing resolutions 2139, 2165 and 2191 regarding the humanitarian situation in Syria.
He referred to armed terrorist groups, like the so-called “Jaish al-Fatah” in northern Syria, financed by…
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