Aid agencies warn of ‘irreversible damage’ in Syria

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LONDON, 11 March, 2021, (TON): Ten years since the start of the Syria conflict, a coalition of international aid organizations has warned of the “suffering and increased irreversible, damage” if growing humanitarian needs are not met.

“A decade since the outset of the conflict, living conditions for many Syrians are worse than ever,” the coalition of 35 aid agencies, including Save the Children, MercyCorps, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, said.

“There continues to be violence and indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

In excess of 80% of individuals in Syria are living in destitution and food frailty levels are at a record high. More than 12.4 million individuals are food shaky and a further 1.8 million are in danger.

A further 12.2 million Syrians need standard admittance to clean water and 2.4 million children are presently out of school.

The statement said“The protracted displacement crisis as a result of the Syrian conflict is the worst since the Second World War.”

“We also call on governments with influence over the warring parties to use their pressure to seek an end to this brutal conflict and spare millions more Syrians from the violence,” it added.

The appeal comes all at once of exceptional investigation over the eventual fate of the UK's job in settling the Syria war.

Recently, spilled data from the British Home Office uncovered that the public authority is intending to slice its guide spending plan to Syria by as much as 67%.

Anna McMorrin, shadow minister for international development in the UK’s opposition Labor party, said, “this is a time for leadership not retreat. Any attempt by the UK Government to cut vital lifesaving aid would further signal Britain’s shameful retreat from the world stage at a time when we need the international community to act together.”

She said the UK government should redouble efforts to end hostilities and help the millions still caught up in the conflict, “particularly in the northeast and northwest where the regime and rogue forces act with impunity.”

When President Bashar Al-Assad launched a brutal crackdown on protests against his rule then the war begins in Syria in 2011.

The conflicts swelled into hard and fast clash between Assad's powers and dissident gatherings going from the Free Syrian Army to radical groups connected to Al-Qaeda.

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