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Syria situation ‘devastating,’ threatens Christian community Doreen Abi Raad / CNS    |    05.24.2021 BEIRUT (CNS) The Syriac Catholic patriarch said the situation in Syria “continues to be humanly unbearable and devastating” and risks emptying the war-torn country of its Christian community for good. Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan called on Western countries to lift “all economic sanctions against Syria, because they only harm the innocent.” “The economic sanctions imposed on Syrian people by the Western governments in the name of democracy and political liberty have created horrendous consequences in a country that endured wars, siege and abandonment for over 10 years,” Patriarch Younan told Catholic News Service May 23 after visiting Syria.

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