Reference :
V-P-SY-E-00119
Date :
20/03/2012
Caption :
Idlib, in front of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent warehouse. A woman leaves the distribution point with a food package containing 25 kg of rice, beans, lentils and oil.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Operational Update, 23-03-2012
Syria: more aid reaches Homs, Aleppo and Idlib
The impact of fighting on the humanitarian situation has increased significantly since December. People have been killed or wounded and tens of thousands have fled their homes, leaving behind most of their belongings. The ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) continue to help those most affected by the fighting.
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Food, blankets and mattresses for thousands of displaced persons and residents
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Four trucks entered Idlib on 20 March with 2,000 food parcels. The ICRC and the SARC distributed food parcels to 6,000 displaced persons and residents.
"People had been waiting since early morning," said Jeroen Carrin, an ICRC relief delegate who was present at the distribution. "The ICRC was the only international organization to bring aid into the city."
"I went to see how the SARC Idlib branch clinic was coping, after the difficult period they went through before our arrival," said Regula Frei, the ICRC health delegate who was part of the same team. "The clinic was the only medical facility functioning in the town centre."
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Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3872x2592
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
