Aid groups suspend aid to Syria’s embattled northwest

BEIRUT: UN-linked aid groups have suspended activities in parts of violence-plagued northwest Syria, where stepped up bombardment by the regime and Russia is jeopardising the safety of humanitarian workers.“As of 8 May, at least 16 humanitarian partners have suspended their operations in areas impacted by conflict,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA said on Friday.The World Food Programme said it has suspended “deliveries to about 47,000 people in towns and villages that have come under bombardment”.Since late April, government forces have mounted a major bombardment of southern Idlib and neighbouring areas with Russian support. “Some organisations suspended activities as their premises were damaged, destroyed or rendered unsafe by the violence, OCHA said. “Others have suspended activities in order to keep their staff and beneficiaries safe, or because the beneficiary population has left,” it added.

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