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The Last Humanitarian Lifeline To Syria May Soon Be Severed | A vie...
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As the Syrian civil war escalated, the Syrian government
began obstructing access to humanitarian relief in rebel
held parts of the country. So, in 2014 the UN Security
Council took the extraordinary step of allowing the
United Nations to deliver humanitarian relief to parts of
Syria without the consent of the Syrian government and in
violation of Syrian sovereignty. Since then, humanitarian
aid has been able to reach besieged parts of Syria
through border crossings, mainly from Turkey into
Northern Syria. But in recent years divisions at the
Security Council, namely Russian objections to this
arrangement, have significantly limited this aid
operation. There is now just one border crossing in which
aid is delivered from Turkey to rebel held parts of Idlib
province in northern Syria. And on July 10th, that last
border crossing may close. Today's episode is in two
parts. First, you will hear from Vanessa Jackson the UN
representative for Care International. She explains the
broader diplomatic context in which this last border
crossing may be forced shut by Russia. Then, you will
hear my conversation with Ismail Alabdullah who is a
volunteer in Idlib with the White Helmets, a local
humanitarian relief and rescue organization. He discusses
at length the humanitarian situation in Idlib and the
implications of severing the last cross border lifeline
of humanitarian aid.
Date Published: 2022-07-17 01:43:30
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