At Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, Sen. Portman Presses President Biden Administration Official on Efforts to Keep Humanitarian Corridor Open in Syria, Food Insecurity Concerns by Russian Blockage of Ukrainian Ports
June 10, 2022
June 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022:
During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) pressed Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, on the work her and other U.S. officials are doing to keep humanitarian aid flowing into Syria. The Assad regime, and its Russian allies, continue to use food as a weapon of war against the Syrian people by blocking muc . . .
During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) pressed Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, on the work her and other U.S. officials are doing to keep humanitarian aid flowing into Syria. The Assad regime, and its Russian allies, continue to use food as a weapon of war against the Syrian people by blocking muc . . .