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Offline TomSea

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UN quietly plans to move all humanitarian aid operations for Syria to Damascus
Hollie McKay

As the Syrian war enters its eighth year, leaked plans for the United Nations to shift all its aid operations to the capital Damascus have prompted a chorus of criticism, with many claiming that such a maneuver effectively enables to Bashar Assad's regime to dominate the narrative of who receives assistance.

“Though no official announcement has been made, available information indicates that the Jordan OCHA headquarters will be consolidated with Damascus, with procedures starting to make the move official,” the Syrian American Council (SAC), a Washington-based advocacy group stated Friday. “The development would mean all aid collected for Syria through donor nations would be centralized in, and delivered through regime-controlled Damascus. This not only undermines the U.N.’s mission to deliver aid to all areas of the country, but specifically its efforts to get aid to areas outside of the regime control.”

Since early 2015, aid operations are run both from Damascus and in the neighboring Jordanian capital of Amman to handle deliveries across international borders and to areas under rebel governance – of which there are an estimated 4.5 million people – in what has been dubbed the “Whole Syria” approach. Officials in both locations are granted equal decision-making authority in an effort to promote impartiality in the war.

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Offline Victoria33

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I wouldn't recommend the UN move their efforts to Damascus.  The Bible says, in the last days, Damascus will be destroyed and no one can live there again.  That sounds to me like a nuke will happen if no one can live there again.