Joint Statement: Responding to the Earthquake Should Not Be an Ill-Conceived Means of Restoring Relations with a Regime Involved in Crimes against Humanity against Its Own People February 22, 2023 As the whole world has seen, many areas in Syria have been affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February …
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Northwest Syria: Earthquake Causes Medical Crisis SitRep February 18, 2023 The medical facilities in Syria’s northwest face a dire supply, infrastructure, logistics, and workforce shortage. As of February 18, the death toll in Syria’s northwest reached 4,600, while over 10,000 injuries await urgent medical care. Idlib Health Directorate, which services an area about the …
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ACLS Northwest Syria Earthquake SitRep for 15 February 2023 By Mahmoud al-Bakour Printable Version Casualty, Damage, and Displacement Toll Still Rising. The Syria Response Coordinators team reported on Wednesday that the number of people displaced from the affected areas of Northwest Syria has risen to 153,893 people (30,796 families), a figure that will increase because …
ACLS Northwest Syria Earthquake SitRep, February 14 by Mahmoud al-Bakour Humanitarian aid continues to enter northwest Syria after the reopening of two additional border crossings from Turkey to Syria that have been closed to international aid for more than two years. The bodies of Syrians who died in the earthquake in Turkey continue to be …
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Significant Events for the 7th Day of the Earthquake Disaster in Northern Syria: The Syria Response Coordinators Team confirmed the continued absence of the United Nations in support of the people affected by the earthquake in northern Syria. The team reported that the UN entities are working within the minimum limits only, and limiting relief …
On February 11, the American Center for Levant Studies hosted a Twitter Space with Syrian experts to examine the disaster response in Northwest Syria and the implications of the failure of an international response to the disaster. The following is a summary of this important conversation: Ahmad Hassan, a Syrian journalist in Istanbul, Turkiye, described …
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On the night of February 8-9, more than 72 hours after the initial 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the stricken areas of northwest Syria have still received no external assistance whatsoever. Local communities and rescue teams fear that as the hours elapse past the 72-hour window in which rescue is …
Previously, at a time of competition between the great powers, America was interested in its military presence in important regions of the world, especially those defined by sea lanes or oil sources. For America and other great powers, military and economic issues have always taken precedence over cultural and civilizational exchange. Before the stage of …
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February 16, 2021 was a dark day for Yemen. On that day, the new Biden administration, after just three weeks in office, decided to remove the Houthi militias from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations. In taking this misguided step, the U.S. administration explained that delisting the Houthis was essential for allowing better humanitarian …
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Iran’s Iraqi clients lost last year’s parliamentary elections, but have won the battle to control the new Iraqi government. On October 27, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani of the Iran-backed Coordination Framework bloc received parliament’s approval for his new cabinet. It is an outcome very few would have predicted a year ago, when voters …
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