Syria: New Government Restricts Aid Operations

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Syrian port workers move on a truck carrying goods at the port of Latakia, Syria, December 17, 2024. © 2024 Leo Correa/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Syrian transitional government’s stringent application of registration and operational requirements on aid groups is hampering their ability to scale up operations, Human Rights Watch said today. While the authorities have signaled a willingness to engage with international organizations, bureaucratic and administrative hurdles continue to impede efforts to address Syria’s escalating humanitarian crisis.Under the Assad government,…

Read complete article

~	Grief, strength and resistance: The Black Woman of Gippsland is a powerful reckoning with colonial myths

~	Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison

~	View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt

~	S. Shakthidharan’s ambitious play The Wrong Gods is a profound critique of progress and modernity

~	Liberal Party reclaims Goldstein – how Tim Wilson turned back the Teal tidal wave

~	Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres

~	US: Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights

~	Holy See: Review Vatican-China Agreement

~	As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?

~	Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Here’s how to tell your fireballs apart