The aircraft landed at Bassel al-Assad International Airport on Saturday. The planes carry 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid provided by Russia, according to Syrian media. “The Russian Federation … (has) sent another humanitarian aid with basic necessities and food for civilians. This equipment is designed to deploy the tent camps…,” said Major General Igor Konashenkov, the […]
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Rights Groups: 80% of Yemenis are in need of humanitarian aid due to US-backed war
September 4th, 2015 Awake Goy
21 million people in Yemen are in need of humanitarian aid, but the world is largely ignoring it, an officer for international human rights organization Save the Children warns in an op-ed in the Guardian. There are around 26.7 million people in Yemen, according to the World Factbook. This means approximately four-fifths of Yemenis are […]
Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Requires Urgent Political Solution
August 30th, 2015 Awake Goy
Al-Jaafari : Syria Will Cooperate with UN, Excluding Foreign Intervention 27 August، 2015 New York, SANA Syria’s permanent Envoy to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said on Thursday the Syrian government is ready to continue cooperation with the UN to deliver humanitarian aid to all citizens affected by the crisis in any region. “The admission of […]