Syria reports that the latest sanctions are already preventing civilians from acquiring "imported drugs, especially antibiotics, as some companies have withdrawn their licenses granted to drug factories," due to the sanctions.
In Damascus, pharmacies I've stopped into, when I ask what some of the most sought-after medications are, hypertension medications are at the top.
But sanctions have yet another brutal effect: they wreak havoc on the economy.
The destruction of Syria's economy is something US envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey, boasted about, reportedly saying that the sanctions "contributed to the collapse of the value of the Syrian pound."
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