Fighting continues – EU Syria pays 2.5 billion euros

“The Syrians need more support, regardless of whether they are still abroad or whether they decide to return home,” said EU President Ursula von der Leyen. How exactly the funds from Brussels must be distributed is open so far. For the first time, Syrian official representatives were also present at the annual conference in Brussels. The provisional Foreign Minister Syria’s Assaad Al-Shibani thanked the EU for the cancellation of sanctions.

The government of Austria contributes 19.3 million euros to humanitarian aid for Syria and its neighboring countries. 14 years after the start of the civil war, large parts of the country are in ruins. The humanitarian situation is still catastrophic, around 16.7 million people need help.

Almost 1400 civilians killed
About a week ago, the most violent battles so far had come by the Islamist HTS militia since the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad since the fall of the Syrian ruler. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 1383 citizens were killed, most of them members of the religious minority of the Alawiters.

Moreover, fights in the border area between Lebanon and Syria have been reported since Sunday evening. At least ten people were killed on the Syrian side, Media reported. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported seven dead and 52 injuries in the country. The armed forces of the Syrian transitional government are probably ambushed by the Lebanese Hezbollah Militie. Their hunters had kidnapped soldiers, dragged them to the Lebanon and killed them. The Hisbollah rejected responsibility.

The neighboring countries of Syria and Lebanon have had a tense relationship for decades because the Hisbollah, as the ally of the cases, controlled the border region, among other things. According to its own statements, the Lebanese army tries to calm the situation.