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The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) (Arabic: الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري Al-Hilal al-Aḥmar al-Arabi al-Souri) is a Syrian humanitarian aid organization. It is affiliated with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
A United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy unloading at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately 15 kilometers (9 mi) west of the city of Aleppo in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, was destroyed during a late night attack on 19 September 2016, during the Syrian Civil War.
Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday ...
September 19 – A convoy of 31 trucks was attacked in Urum al-Kubra while unloading humanitarian aid organized by the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. According to the UN, Syrian government forces were responsible for the air strike, barrel bombs, and machine gun fire that killed 14 aid workers. The Syrian government denied involvement ...
The Kurdish Red Crescent is not currently recognized by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). To be recognized, an organization has to be the only official aid society in an independent state that has ratified the Geneva Conventions and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is not currently internationally recognized neither as an ...
On 19 September, an attack hit a UN-Red Crescent aid convoy in rebel-held Urum al-Kubra, killing at least 14 people and destroying 18 truckloads of food, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. [17] [18] The vehicles were hit by around five missiles while parked at a Red Crescent warehouse for ...
The Syrian town of Darayya, which has been under government siege since 2012, has achieved an agreement that would allow opposition fighters and people to flee. The evacuation of the town, which is located near Damascus, is set to start on Friday. Vehicles from the Syrian Red Crescent are preparing to enter the town.
Iraqi Red Crescent said that first batch of humanitarian aid to Syria aboard by Iraqi Air Force planes, accompanied by a relief team from the IRCS and a team from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A team of Iraqi Red Crescent volunteers, consisting of 150 paramedics, landed in Turkey for relief efforts. [183] [184] Kurdistan Region