rubble when pre dawn earthquakes measuring nearly 8 point on the richter scale hit parts of southern turkey and northwest regions of syria. this cross border crisis killing nearly 50000 people so far with that death toll expected to continue to climb. in turkey, the response from the international community was swift. this long time nato partner saw the benefits of membership swing in the action just hours after the ground stop shaking. life saving equipment began clearing. what was once homes, western allies, such as the us, that you immediately deploying everything from manpower to food, blankets to temporary shelter to aid survivors. as the temperatures dipped below freezing, massive rescue efforts continued for over a week. meanwhile, just a few miles away on the other side of the border in aleppo, syria, similar scenes of destruction, but with one market difference. western aid was absent. adding insult to injury the

us state department refusing to lift broad sanctions on syria that would allow nations and n g o z from delivering life saving measures to help this war. torn province, president bashar al assad, and the 1st lady of syria made a trip to visit the devastation firsthand. listen to what he had to say. the west has reportedly prioritize politics over the humanitarian situation. but this is not true. because in order to prioritize one case over another, both of them must exist. the political situation is there, unlike the humanitarian case, it is therefore normal to politicize the situation. in terms of human sentiment, it exists neither now nor in the past, nor during, nor after modern colonialism. 600 years ago, colonialism was founded on the murder theft and plunder of people. babies, children, families trapped under rubble,

punishments for the crime of being borne, therion. now stephen, honey, is the chief editor at mid east discourse due to the quick and limited electricity in theory i just 10 minutes a day that fall out from the us sanctions. stephen was able to actually send us a brief video from the ground in the taca, syria. first of all, northwest syria and the city of live, suburb of education or north phillip bull. it's not under the hands of variable, it's under the control of the radical. slavic tears groups to hurl sha loose to be called unlisted, and they are the branch of okay, that the spirits use radical from a bloodthirsty terrace. how are funded, supported and trained by the america, by, by the united states since day one. and they were brought into syria through turkey

. the steer with also our half of them are not even syrian they're from chechnya. they're the weavers there from man. a stamp project is done and others and the same did a soon the ceiling government and the u. e. and the united nations on several occasions through the earthquake, they wanted to send a to the, to, to live those radical islamic terrace. they refused those trucks to come in. and they wanted money for the trucks and, and then decided fighting on who's going to 3. it was going to steve that 8, that's number one. number 2. do you know, did the united states have sanctions on see it for the last 12 years and this and there are number one cause of this war in the last 12 years. so that's why she has a lack of shortage of gasoline shortage of fuel, shortage of electricity as everyone know,

no one can live with 10 minutes of electricity and we're doing or again, we're living through that because of the american sanctions and because of the illegal appearance of the united states in the east of celia, and then stayed in our oil and gas in the sub syria. what individuals can do the individual has to from all over the world, journalist and activists, and even normal people to pressure the united nation pressure the united states. and there are congressmen and apartment numbers on listing complete sanctions of syria because lifting the sanctions of syria for $180.00 days, only an aide is called a joke. no one can rebuild a rebuild houses, 4 or 5500000 people are homeless because of this earthquake in a 180 days. what's the suffering we're going through to day? and before the squeak, it's all caused by the united states and caused by the sanctions that they know

that states. but the sooner people are suffering because of these sanctions. and that is what individual people can do to help. but i assure your congressmen, your parliament's number on lifting sanctions off of syria, that is millions of families suffering and syria. and for more on the crisis in syria, the quake aftermath and the sanctions will turn to veteran war correspondent, in hot spots around the world like the balkan, syria, iran, iraq, you name it. he has covered it, elijah maggie is joining us. so a larger, a lot of calls from around the world for the us to immediately lift sanctions on syria. so in our international aid and money can get through initially after the quakes hits state department spokesman net price said no, the u. s. is unwilling to do that because the sharla sod would be exploiting that. i'm of course, paraphrasing here, but that's the essence of what he said. now,

the u. s. has eased some of those sanctions, at least for relief efforts. this is only for $180.00 days. why do you think the u . s. temporarily shows this path? well, 1st of all, we have to be extremely careful about what the. busy us as nice and coding be to the un roughly on human standard reef, then release the document that the american relief is not complete and leaves a lot of space to ambiguity. first of all, the population in theory. busy deck in, we're here, we're talking about mainly here because it is the country that has received in the international support, particularly almost none from the way it because it speak about offering when the day and age the population affected by the way. now we have

seen that the population effects the by the lake needs. busy support in the 4 to 7 days to remove the debris, which means that there are in need of teens of the national games with dogs, with equipment that can see beyond the concrete and can monitor the heat of the population that are trapped under the debris. however. busy we have gone beyond that now with the population is in need of a water food and blanket, and they need pens and they need to reconstruct that. how now the, the us is not lifting the sanctions on the reconstruction. that's one to the us is leaving a big gap in, allowing the banks to deal with syria,

allowing companies to deal with syria. the central bank is under sanctions. so all the company is going to send material to reconstruct or not. they can do that without being under section because there are many sub sanctions to the initial caesar. so this m b m, big with the left by the us is really unfair for the population that have suffered the way. the other point is, why did you ask, shoot this past it because the u. s. as been under tremendous as social media and media prussia, can you call the other country that been suffering from such a strong, adequate at this level of 7.8? my can do it and then leave it on its own. we. busy understand actions now. ready

is important to do something. so what they have done, they have done something to feed the p r and say, well we have done that. and now we allow people to support the, the syrian who have suffered from the consequences of any way. nonetheless, it is very ambiguous and she is not getting the western support and through today. so bashar assad actually made a comment about the u. s. looting of the middle east of its oil, its treasure. does this relate to why there have been sanctions on serious since the 1970 is? well, i think any come through with the resources and having his base for g. j o political location. is it because today it's not a blessing. and because the israel in want of to and want to go that high and it has already occupied their goal. and hi, this is something that is against the american policy. and again the policy. this

is why the americans over demonize those who are against them or who at least who do not submit to them because he has not been against the americans greasy. busy because he has collaborated and maintain a very good relationship with the what in general, because there is no need to become the enemy of europe. all the united states. however. busy pain kind of in dependency and maintain its art integrity by looking after its own interest. like every single nation. because of that, the americans don't want that in the middle east. and as we had general with the clubs saying a 4 star general, he said the americans were planning to occupy 7 countries in 5 years. starting from i've gotten this done, iraq and syria before going lebanon, and iran, sudan,

so mighty exeter and libya. so syria was on the line of the united states to be occupied and we talking here students, 2001. and just after the $911.00. this is why syria is part of the u. s. plan to be by o to be submit. and coming up next, the white helmets once heralded by the wes. now speaking out against it, we'll discuss it when we return with elijah, magna said tight. m o will be right back. i ah needs to come to the russian state. little narrative. i've stayed on the north lansky with his house

lot send up with within the 55 we did. okay, so 9 is the final speed you went home with. we will ban in the europe when you, when the kremlin media machine estate on russia for date and square r t spoke neck. given our video agency, roughly all bands on youtube with mm ah, and government has been killing its own people and on boss ideas. it's amazing mission not being covered in western media and hasn't been covered for the last 8

years. i'm here for 5 minutes, and then i'm told the 1st 5 people they found it was 5 decapitated heads up in a quarterly equus thought demand. a boy foss cathartic to me. can you use me? no fiber to say kid is when your father kid evie, the inflammation wool? almost all the independent journalists pointed out that nato and the u. s. were directly responsible for initiating the military conflict in ukraine, all casualties of it as long as we want the war to continue. we will fight that war using ukrainians as proxies and we will fight it to the last ukrainian death. that's what's happened in dumbass. this whole time, this is, these aren't objects, these are people that and so that's why i do what i do. that's why i'm here.

the me welcome back to the mo i'm manila chan. syrians are dying as we speak, but much of the west is trying to turn this natural disaster into the political failure of bashar al assad. olaja man, yay, is still with us to continue this conversation. so aliesha, the collective west is criticizing syria and russia for only having one corridor for aid to come through russia, as we know as an ally of assad and helped prevent an outright who in the country nearly a decade ago. the russians also help the syrian government defeat isis and protect world heritage sites. but if the rebels control the north west region and american

troops are in the north east of syria, with all the oil wells, isn't it incumbent on the u. s. to negotiate safe travel routes in the north west since the rebels and the u. s. have the sort of the same objective of toppling assad. well, even if they have the same goal today, they. busy negotiation or really restore between the us and the russian. all present on the same ground in syria because there are some russian forces in the north east, but they don't have the upper hand and the americans. where's the now to make it clear that had agreed and informed the united nation that he is going to permit a treat crossing from turkey in to syria. and then they can use these crossing. now the reason why washington, china and syria was stopping other crossing because it is related to the

sovereignty. if syria allowed so many crushing to go through and the americans are supporting the job is to talking about the kinds i was talking about isis room and then we talking about it to our it live in know, west year. yeah, it means that the americans will create the fact to kind of, to small stay within syria and take this pop up syria and occupied forever. this is what the land of the americans to maintain supporting this just not a. busy big, however, there are around 4000000 people living in it. and because of that, the russian and the chinese, according to the way of the us government, wanted to limit the axis to be under the control of the stack. and under the control of the united nations to allow to support and the feel of humanitarian

without. busy becoming a place where the west can transform and be based in that already they are based in the west and the north east, syria. there's one day there has to be. so that's one second thing is there are other crossing that's the government in damascus. a loud and open from have side. it is. this is rocket that leads to it. however. yeah, it's on the other side, open no structure where x i says x in syria. refuse to allow the goods to cross from one side to another because they think this way. busy and give a wake up, hold to the population that is in it live and invite them. busy unconscious the to go and live in the regime controlled area because these people

want to live in and they have the own in other part and they have a willingly selected to wolf to that side. thinking that the war will continue. however, the militant in the part of preventing any one from crossing on the government sites. this is why the government say when i give you the money a share, what we have and if you had this refuse, now there is another crossing from the curb side and that the crossing from the guys sites at the put the condition that they should go to a train which is a. busy province on the dentist for that very much affected by the way and it is not so however, the minute of that control at the crossing from the. busy from west to syria, from the east of sooner had the rest of syria on the border between the 2 side and

all from and hummed up through gate and deep pro americans improve the deck and they have confiscated all the. busy convoy of 32 trucks that were crossing from the side in. busy to in all the area under the control of the to a frame where the city and because also some of them who did not leave there. and there was a fight between the minute and no one's to steve the content of the trucks because they can see them this seeming blockade of relief. be it at the core doors or group, just afraid to cross the u. s. on these sanctions land mines. it's starting to draw even the ayer of the controversial white helmets who have just now criticized the un for not stepping in in the way of aid. what do you make of that?

what the white men have been trained by the british should they have been trained by the way and they have a good purpose during the war in this information and in putting up information. busy and that to the propaganda that the west was ready for it to publish it, publish it, however, be up the tie to stand against president in the sad has gone because after 13 years, 12 years of war, the west did not manage to over troll president. this, therefore, the white tenement are no longer useful for the west and because they are no longer useful and the west deeds on the basis of a we don't have friends, we have interest basis relationship. then the white element today are look at in a different way. so the wife has

a lot of money to spend on ukraine. 120000000000, but very little money to spend on supporting people who wants to survive. those who remain alive off the edge for that new we steam, the british spending a few $1000000.00 only for the population. when syria, if we want to look only at yes, great, and not of the consequences of the war. president, russia major said the cost is $84000000000.00 in turkey. and i think if you doesn't are billions in syria because the province of a lead for president province of fact where very much affected with over 4 and a half 1000000 people display. and without forgetting about the province of egypt

and the one of the 3, therefore, sending really $4.00 to $6000000.00 or even 10 or $100.00 is not going to be sufficient to buy 10. or they displace people is all going to be sufficient to buy food for them. and rather than as the guy said, they need the year to reconstruct. and he has 98 nation supporting in syria 10 to 15 nation supporting without sending money because they call and benny according to the us sanction that sees the u. s. and e u. sanction. and you can imagine the country way can help you the oil cannot use the wheat and. busy is harvey surviving were the little edits to see and managing the country and want to reconstruct after the war that the expense that the cost reached between $500.00 to $800000000000.00. and on top of that,

now the government needs to be with a natural disaster. this is the government or any government to deal with this is why china, russia and the whole why do, with a little bit of sense toward humanity, regardless if they are, syrian or non syrian is inviting us to lift all of the sanction because they no need for very long paper, explaining which article, which paragraph and what's where people can send or not to send to syria. the americans could have said we suspend. busy or the sanctions and further notice and then everybody will go and support you for one reason. busy because everybody need to do some business and reconstruct interior is also beneficial. if we don't want to look at the many inside and supporting people in the i yes,

the henry kissinger rules for diplomacy. last thing here, olaja. you're in brussels home to the european union. h q at this point, not one plane has come into damascus to help the syrians, although they have helped turkey. why not? they are so much closer to syria than say, venezuela. yet, even the venezuelan have sense, help. make me laugh because it's when it's not under the u. s. thumb and the we in brussels. unfortunately with all the european union gathering $28.00 nations under the us bump and they do whatever the americans are doing. and they act according to the will of the americans, and they have eyes it and pockets only for war these days. so when we

see a country like when it's where it's really shameful for the you, you to look at a country under the sanction. like when it's way that been suffering so much, sending an airplane, they could have done at least is small gesture with a population that lives in syria. particularly the area that serve the purpose of the americans and nato instead of serving their purposes. and here i'm talking about it live that is affected, not even that area will support it. so when been to attend the plane, saudi arabia and the games and said they would send more and they send the team to . busy it, but this all need to have money. however they charge because they don't want to trigger the angle, the american then say, when sending a lot of support to syria. so even that you make it

a country that is bullying the was including brussels, including the european here, are taking decisions against the interests of the european population, but against the interest of the humanity. not to go into a population in need. after such a scale of escalades is really strange once and one sees really ashamed to be european a larger man, a thank you so much for that analysis. you can find more of olaja work at olaja, j, m dot wordpress dot com. and that is going to do it for this week's episode at modus operandi the show that dig deep into foreign policy. i'm your host menella chan. thank you for tuning in. we'll see you again next time to figure out the am out. in

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