Last night, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution S.Res.76- Expressing deepest condolences to and solidarity with the people of Syria and Türkiye following the devastating earthquake on February 6, 2023. The American Coalition for Syria (ACS) welcomes Congress’s passage and commitment to providing humanitarian assistance and calls on the international community to continue to find alternative aid mechanisms to ensure aid gets into the affected areas in Syria.
The resolution, S.Res.76, was co-sponsored by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and compliments H.Res.132 passed by the House last month. It expresses the Senate’s condolences to the more than 50,000 victims and their families and its solidarity with the people of Turkey and Syria. The resolution also calls on the UN Security Council to allow for additional border crossings from Turkey into northern Syria and urges the United States to do everything possible to ensure earthquake assistance does not violate the Caesar Act, facilitate reconstruction that benefits the Assad regime, signal or support normalization of Assad, or fuel regime atrocities.
ACS believes this resolution is a good step forward in providing much-needed assistance to the people of Syria and Türkiye and urges the international community to continue finding alternative aid mechanisms to get aid into the affected areas in Syria without empowering the Assad regime.
The resolution, S.Res.76, was co-sponsored by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and compliments H.Res.132 passed by the House last month. It expresses the Senate’s condolences to the more than 50,000 victims and their families and its solidarity with the people of Turkey and Syria. The resolution also calls on the UN Security Council to allow for additional border crossings from Turkey into northern Syria and urges the United States to do everything possible to ensure earthquake assistance does not violate the Caesar Act, facilitate reconstruction that benefits the Assad regime, signal or support normalization of Assad, or fuel regime atrocities.
ACS believes this resolution is a good step forward in providing much-needed assistance to the people of Syria and Türkiye and urges the international community to continue finding alternative aid mechanisms to get aid into the affected areas in Syria without empowering the Assad regime.
The American Coalition for Syria is a coalition of specialized, multi-faith, US-based organizations that support a principled US policy based on democratic reform, human rights, accountability, and women's empowerment in Syria.
