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Assad: "This siege has lasted for years – and that doesn’t mean that the siege is fine, and the Americans are innocent, no. The siege is harmful, directly, on all aspects of life. But the current crisis, which began several months ago… https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1324347999552737286
Assad: "This siege has lasted for years – and that doesn’t mean that the siege is fine, and the Americans are innocent, no. The siege is harmful, directly, on all aspects of life. But the current crisis, which began several months ago… https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1324347999552737286
"… The reason for it is this issue [i.e., Lebanon’s banking crisis]. This crisis started before the Caesar Act. And it began years after the start of the siege. Okay, so what coincided with it? The money that was lost [in Lebanon]."
Fuller translation
!["… The reason for it is this issue [i.e., Lebanon’s banking crisis]. This crisis started before the Caesar Act. And it began years after the start of the siege. Okay, so what coincided with it? The money that was lost [in Lebanon]."Fuller translation](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmEuvSjW0AMxCXG.png "\"… The reason for it is this issue [i.e., Lebanon’s banking crisis]. This crisis started before the Caesar Act. And it began years after the start of the siege. Okay, so what coincided with it? The money that was lost [in Lebanon].\"Fuller translation")
Fuller translation
So Assad is saying – correctly, by all indications – that:
• The immediate trigger for Syria's current economic crisis was Lebanon's economic implosion, but
• The U.S.-led economic "siege" on Syria has had a more long-term effect in depleting the country's economy.
• The immediate trigger for Syria's current economic crisis was Lebanon's economic implosion, but
• The U.S.-led economic "siege" on Syria has had a more long-term effect in depleting the country's economy.
