“We were all working under pressure for fear of being called for interrogation if we showed any objection to the interference.” Aid workers in the regime-controlled Syria say the regime intervenes in their work and directs funds to its military
Mousa*, a manager who worked as procurement and logistics manager in the humanitarian sector in Syria, called it quits six months ago. He couldn’t cope with the pressure mounted by the Syrian regime.of his ordeal to the Syrian Association for Citizens Dignity , a civil rights movement established by Syrians, explaining why he quit his job.
In practice, it means the regime determines who benefits from aid assistance and who does not; and appoints staff, hires employees, directs help and benefits only to its supporters, the aid workers say. “The problem is not the regime on its own. The UN agencies and states funding those NGOs are allowing this to happen, saying that ‘we don’t want to politicise aid’,” Olabi told“The regime needs these organisations and their aid to be able to feed the people they control,’ Olabi said, noting that the international organisations and donors behind them need to exercise more leverage.
Syrian refugees walk through a camp for displaced muddied by recent rains near the village of Kafr Aruq , in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.
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