Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There has been some relief assistance from neighbouring countries to build up refugee camps on the borders with Turkey, and the provision of food supplies to the camps. Ten days ago, the White Helmets received a one-time grant from Qatar to buy search-and-rescue vehicles.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That may be helpful, but the solution is to remove the siege under which the civilians are living. The solution is not just to provide airdrops; the solution is to help civilians. The solution is to remove the siege, to lift the siege the civilians are suffering from. There are 2

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, that is not what I said.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Lately we have noticed that hospitals have been targeted, even the Médecins Sans Frontières hospitals. Four out of six hospitals in Aleppo have been targeted. During the past three years, more than 1,250 medical workers have been killed, and a few months ago in Aleppo, Dr. Hasan

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, definitely. What I said exactly is that airdrops are a temporary solution, a first relief or first aid solution to provide medical supplies, but the solution is to put pressure on Russia to lift the siege that is imposed on civilians in Aleppo.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Frankly speaking, we have been having discussions lately with Canada to obtain support for the White Helmets and to work with the Government of Canada to empower and enforce the participation of women in Syria and Syrian society in the field of civil defence, in order to target a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We have no idea about this issue. These are technical issues that are up to the countries who play a role in the international coalition in addition to the United Nations. The United Nations work on this issue. We cannot talk about air delivery of supplies. The decision is not up

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Funding comes from several parties and friends of the Syrian people through international institutions, such as funding from USAID, from the United States, and from the U.K. government. There's also funding from Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. These are the states p

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Frankly speaking, the main threat we are confronted with daily is the military strategy that has been used by the Syrian regime since 2013, then used by the Russian air forces for the past year, the double air strikes. There are air strikes against one venue, and then once first

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Since the end of the last humanitarian ceasefire, and since we have been under siege, we have no food or medical supplies or fuel getting to Aleppo. A barrel of diesel fuel before the siege was around $100. Today, the price exceeds $700, and may reach $1,000. We are rationing the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Are you addressing the question to me?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Frankly speaking, the United Nations cannot work without any guarantees for their aides. They cannot provide assistance to Darayya, and they were not able to do that for the past four years, particularly in the north of Syria. The same also happened in other areas under siege, f

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We have been working since 2013 when the air strikes against civilians started. We didn't have any training at that time. Then we started to get training from Turkish civil society organizations. We had training also through another UN-affiliated agency, as well as seven days of

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I can hear very well.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank the Canadian Parliament for giving me the opportunity to give testimony on the tragic situation in Aleppo with the humanitarian crisis going on. I would like to reiterate my thanks to everybody for having given me thi