Sharvan Ibesh News Today

Politics trumped humanitarian need, and the United Nations was lambasted for doing too little, but some humanitarian aid was being delivered, thanks to local Syrian groups like the Bahar Organization.

A scholar who visited Syria after the earthquake observes that as the war has dragged on, a humanitarian organization she’s researched for 10 years has branched out.

Syria is not able to receive direct aid from many countries because of sanctions, so the border crossing has been a lifeline.