Following the Catastrophic Earthquake, Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the MECC Relief Work in Syria on Radio Van

And calls for the Lifting of Sanctions on the Syrian People

The Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs was the guest of the journalist Hala Haddad, in “Every Day by Day” program on Radio Van, on Tuesday 7 February 2023, during which he highlighted the MECC appeal issued following the earthquake that struck the region. He also shed lights on the Council’s relief actions with its international partners and in coordination with its member churches in order to help the afflicted and affected people in Syria. As well as, Dr. Abs called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria so that the blockade would not be a genocide, stressing the difficult living conditions that the Syrian people are passing through.

You can find below the full interview of Dr. Michel Abs.