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Mud and Flooding: The Plight of Syrian Refugees is Not a Happy One! Published January 28th, 2021 - 06:14 GMT A man carries a child as he walks with other women and children ahead of a member of the Syrian Kurdish internal security services known as Asayish as they head towards trucks, during the release of persons suspected of being related to Islamic State (IS) group fighters from the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on January 19, 2021. Delil SOULEIM...

Syria faces a looming crisis over humanitarian aid access January 25, 2021 Share A Jan. 20 United Nations (U.N.) Security Council briefing on Syria attracted a rare bit of attention last week, after U.N. Special Envoy Geir Pedersen described a “slow tsunami … crashing across Syria” amid economic collapse, humanitarian suffering, and a stagnant political process. Those comments were accurate and shocking, but nothing new. What appears to have been glossed over was arguably of far gre...

Business governs UN’s ties with U.S. sanctioned Syrian entities Syrian soldier carrying the UN flag (Designed by Enab Baladi) On 6 January, the World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations (UN), used the U.S. sanctioned Cham Wings Airlines to transport 16 tons of medicines, supplies, and equipment from its warehouses in Dubai city, the UAE, to Benghazi, Libya. These supplies would be used to support services in health care facilities, as well as strengthen the health respo...

The United Nations has delivered aid to Benghazi using a US-sanctioned Syrian airline that experts believes violated a UN arms embargo in Libya by allegedly ferrying mercenaries and military material into the country. Using flight tracking websites, The Independent identified the Cham Wings plane used by the UN to transport 16 tonnes of emergency medicines and vital medical supplies from the UAE to the eastern city of Benghazi on the 6 and 8 of...

United Nations used sanctioned Syrian airliner to transport aid to Libya Cham Wings accused of ferrying mercenaries and aiding Irans Revolutionary Guard, but the UN tells MEE the options for air freight delivery into Libya are minimal Image posted by the World Health Organisation in Libya showed humanitarian aid being offloaded from a Cham Wings flight in Benghazi (Twitter) By Published date: 12 January 2021 11:23 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3...

WHO uses sanctioned Syrian airline to deliver aid to Libya A Cham Wings plane, a private Syrian airline, is pictured taking off from an airport [SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images] January 12, 2021 at 4:16 pm The World Health Organisation has used an aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime to deliver medical supplies to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, making it the latest of questionable affiliations taken by the organisation. The regime is operating under sanctions which also affect its...

Top Libyan official asks Russia to help withdrawal of mercenaries 31 Dec 2020 Topics Moscow is being asked to help evacuate fighters, some of which may be supported by Russia itself. The Foreign Minister of Libya’s internationally recognised and UN-backed Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taha Siala announced that his country asked Russia to help evacuating foreign fighters from the war-torn country. Siala was speaking during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergei ...

Is Haftar Getting Ready For War With Turkey? Published December 27th, 2020 - 01:18 GMT Libyan Army General Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (Twitter) Beefed up with cash, weapons and mercenaries, Haftar has ordered his militias to prepare for a war with Turkey, ignoring the UN-brokered ceasefire and other efforts aimed at ending the Libyan conflict. Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar on Thursday made a direct threat to Turkey, saying there will be no security or peace in the North Afri...

How the UAE, Russia and France have teamed up in Libya Topics Insight Russia is accused of using a Syrian airline to send mercenaries to the warlord Khalifa Haftar, with France and the UAE in support. The UAE, Russia and France are working in tandem to complicate the Libyan conflict and jeopardise all the work of the international community toward peacebuilding in the war-torn nation.  The latest manoeuvers the three powers have made are mostly aimed at sending more mercenary fighters ranging ...