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Siege Letter
Sieges have been used as a tactic throughout the Syrian conflict, resulting in mass starvation and loss of life. In January 2016, we wrote an open letter to the UN accusing it of complicity in the regime’s deployment of sieges. […]
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Break the Sieges campaign
We launched the Break the Sieges campaign in January 2016, around the time that news was breaking of people starving to death in a small town called Madaya near Damascus. The campaign was a long-term project, which lasted more than […]
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Airdrops to Daraya
Sometimes, the best way to make your demands heard is to talk to the recipients directly. On 13 May 2016, The Syria Campaign tweeted Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the UN’s World Food Programme. We also included the Twitter accounts […]
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“Taking Sides” report on the UN
Since the Syrian conflict began, civilians have felt betrayed and abandoned by the international community, most notably the UN. In Syria, the UN has been perceived as working too closely with the regime, whether that’s by lodging its staff in […]