Syria
Writes
UNSC Of Aid
Blocked by
"Terrorists"
in
Al Raqqa,
Yarmouk
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 13 --
Amid a
stand-off on a
UN Security
Council
resolution on
humanitarian
access in
Syria, on
February 12
the Syrian
Mission to the
UN sent a four
page letter to
the President
of the
Security
Council, which
Inner City
Press has
exclusively
obtained.
The letter
lists aid that
has gotten in
and stating
that aid was
stopped "due
to road blocks
by terrorist
groups" in
Deir
Elzuor, Al
Raqqa, Al
Hasakeh,
Idleb, Aleppo
countryside.
The
letter is tied
to the
briefing by
the UN's
Valerie Amos
scheduled for
the afternoon
of February 13
and says "a
total of seven
UN
humanitarian
convoys were
allowed to
access since
the beginning
of
2014 as
follows: In
January to
Aleppo and
Damascus
Countryside
(Alghozlaniea
and Jdaidat
Alshibani); in
February to
Damascus
Countryside
(Alkiswa,
Barza Albalad,
Alsaboura and
Bloudan)."
Regarding the
Old City of
Homs, Syria's
letter says
"694 civilians
were
evacuated, including
80 children...
Temporary shelters
were also
provided to
134 civilians."
It says that
on February
8th an "aid
convoy was
attacked with
mortar shells
and shooting
by the armed
terrorist
groups during
the operation,
and due to
that two
trucks were
forced to
return to the
staging area.
After the
shooting was
ceased, the
rest of the
convoy tried
to re-enter
the old city
of Homs; unfortunately
it was attacked
once again by
the same group
with mortar
shells, with
resulted in
the damaging
of trucks and
shooting the
driver.
Accordingly, a
decision was taken
to exit the
area due to
the risk
factor."
The letter does
not say who
made this
decision, nor
name the
group(s). It
concludes that
the "villages
Nubal and
Zahra, in
Aleppo
Countryside,
Foa'a and
Kefria in Idleb
countryside,
Adra in
Damascus
Countryside,
still suffer
from the siege
imposed by
terrorist
armed groups.
Those groups
totally
prevent the
delivery of
any
humanitarian assistance
for several
months now."
Regarding
the
Yarmouk camp
of UNRWA,
Syria recites
the entry of
7100 food
parcels,
bread, dates
and milk then
says
"unfortunately
the
delivery of
humanitarian
assistance
stopped on
February 8th
due to
violations
committed by
the terrorist
armed groups
such as
gunfire,
acts of
disturbance
and snipers
which resulted
in the death
of an old
woman inside
the camp."
Syria says
2104 civilians
were evacuated
from Yarmouk,
"among them
people in
severe health
conditions, as
well as
students."
On
the morning of
February 13,
with heavy
snow falling
on the UN in
New
York, Valerie
Amos was on
the 38th floor
signing her
performance
Compact with
Ban Ki-moon.
She had a
printed
document with
her,
presumably her
prepared
statement to
the Council.
To whom would
or
will she
attribute the
attacks on aid
convoys?
Also the 38th
floor was the
UN's Children
and Armed
Conflict envoy
Leila Zerrougui,
who reported
that the Free
Syrian Army
recruits and
uses child
soldiers.
While some try
to dodge this,
what will be
done? Watch
this site.
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