professor edmund ghareeb they are commenting on the west push for sanctions on syria. to another civil conflict now in libya this week cut off the loyalist put up dog of resistance against rebel forces with a surrender deadline expiring on saturday fighting rages on near one of khadafi the last four strongholds bani walid nato airstrikes continue to assist the rebels maybe as ousted leader is on the run and now on interpol's wanted list he's audio messages claiming he is still in the country despite reports his family and some associates crossed the border into nation air meanwhile the head of libya's transitional council in the stuff has moved to tripoli in a major step toward setting up a post gadhafi government the capital fell to rebels last month but life there shows a little improvement as artie's maria financial reports celebrations over the end of the old regime have been replaced by fear in the streets. a city celebrates for more than ten days the labor and capital has been rejoined seeing in the dictator's fall where the. he wanted to hang his portrayed here

is calling for more pressure to be put on president assad but professor edmund ghareeb an expert in international relations says sanctions won't necessarily bring down the assad regime but will make the ordinary people suffer. but in any case what top whatever happens there. are clearly a. instrument that does not discriminate between the regime and the people and what may end up happening is that the people who probably are going to have the price. especially if we take. a look at what happened in iraq or what happened with. the experiment is a very good example of this where some of the harshest sanctions out imposed on any country in the history want to impose on their all come despite. did not succeed in bringing that regime down and they have affected the iraqi public which was her severely. as a result of the sanctions so this is. i think is going to raise a lot of questions especially some of them political economic and some of course. is already imposed sanctions on oil imports from syria on our website r.t. dot com we're asking you what is its true aim so far fourteen per cent of respond

calls for more pressure to be put on president assad's regime but professor edmund ghareeb an expert in international relations says sanctions won't necessarily bring down the regime but they will make ordinary people suffer. konami case what happened whatever happens the sanctions are clearly a blunt instrument that does not discriminate between the regime and the people and what may end up happening is the people who probably are going to have the price and the regime especially if we take a look at what happened in iraq or what happened with cuba experiment with a very good example of this where some of the harshest sanctions out imposed on any country in history won't close on iraq and despite that. did not succeed in bringing the regime down and they are. rocky public which was hurt severely as a result of the sanctions so this is. i think is going to raise a lot of questions especially some of them political some of. course more. he has already imposed sanctions on oil imports from syria on our website we're asking what's the true aim of this so far fourteen percent of responde

professor edmund ghareeb international relations expert told us earlier that sanctions that may not necessarily put the regime on its knees but they will definitely make ordinary people suffer. but in any case what happened whatever happens the sanctions are clearly a. instrument that does not discriminate between the regime and the people and what may end up happening is that the people who probably are going to have the price. especially if we take a look at what happened in iraq or what happened with. iraqi experiment is a very good example of this where some of the harshest sanctions out imposed on any country in the history want to impose on their all kind despite that. did not succeed in bringing the regime down. the public which was hurt severely as a result of the sanctions so this is. i think is going to raise a lot of questions especially some of them political economic and some of course. still to come in the program a fast fading friendship. turkey's relations with israel saying further are key discovers how it could affect palestinian hopes of getting state recognition. and the use

pushing for a hardline approach to the syrian government imposing various sanctions but professor edmund ghareeb an international relations expert thinks the harsh measures may not put the regime on its knees but they will definitely hit ordinary syrians. in any case what happened whatever happens the sanctions are clearly a blunt instrument that does not discriminate between the regime and the people and what may end up happening is that the people who probably are going to pay a price. especially if we take a look at what happened in iraq or what happened with cuba experiment is a very good example of this where some of the harshest sanctions that were imposed on any country in history were imposed on iraq and despite that. did not succeed in bringing the regime down and they are. public which was hurt severely as a result of the sanctions so this is. i think is going to raise a lot of questions especially some of them political some of. course more. professor haven't they are coming to west push for sanctions on syria. to another civil conflict now in libya this week are fuel oil is put a dog

a little bit more about the give us more insight on the story there that continues professor edmund ghareeb is a peace expert also global relations scholar at the american university in washington d.c. professor garet thank you for being on our to international now the wants doesn't it it's syrian oil bound to hit where it hurts but it's letting existing supply deals run their course it kind of looks a bit tokenistic doesn't it. absolutely i think a great deal is going to get kind of course on what happens next some of the oil companies western oil companies are all going to come under pressure and they're coming under pressure not to buy oil from syria some of them are continuing to do so and we'll see what happens next that the pressure is going to work and also what will be the position of some of the other players there are today there are other countries in the world countries such as china such as india brazil many others which are of major economic plans that may have a different perspective than those of the european union and the u.i. so a great deal will depend on what happens nex