Syria Aid

• Turkey, Syria in dire need of support 1 month after deadly earthquakes: aid groups

  An appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10 per cent funded, hampering efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, a United Nations official said Monday.

  World

  Mar 6, 2023
  
• British man who helped found Syria’s White Helmets discovered dead in Turkey

  Le Mesurier was the founder and CEO of May Day Rescue, which founded and trained the White Helmets.

  World

  Nov 11, 2019
  
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• Canadian aid to Syria stolen by Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, documents show

  Suspected Hayat Tahrir al-Sham gunmen walked off with thousands of dollars worth of Canadian-financed electronics devices, according to declassified documents.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2019
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• 42,000 stranded Syrians have been denied aid for over 2 months — let it in, urges UN humanitarian chief

  The UN wants an aid convoy, with more than 100 trucks accompanied by some 250 UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent personnel, to leave for the isolated Rukban camp on the Syria-Jordan border by Feb. 5.

  World

  Jan 30, 2019
• Flooding displaces thousands of refugees in northern Syria

  The flooding, along with overnight temperatures below zero celsius, have created a "perfect storm," according to one aid group.

  World

  Dec 28, 2018
• UN accused of allowing Syria to manipulate aid relief

  More than 70 organizations are accusing the U.N. of allowing the Syrian government to manipulate relief efforts and deprive thousands in need of help.

  World

  Sep 8, 2016
• Syrian government to allow UN to deliver urgently needed aid to some areas

  Syria's authorization of some aid convoys to besieged Syrian towns is "at best a drop in the ocean" and the U.N. must urgently prepare to make airdrops to areas most in need of humanitarian help, France's U.N. ambassador said Friday.

  World

  Jun 3, 2016