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EU Commission increases aid funds for people in Syria

by AI | 20.Jan 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Brussels announces millions in aid for humanitarian assistance in Syria. Commissioner Hadja Lahbib visited Syria and held talks.

A boy rides a bicycle past buildings that were damaged during the war between opposition forces and the Assad regime, in the city of Harasta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. Photo: Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP/dpa

Brussels (dpa) – Just over a month after the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, the EU Commission is providing Syria with an additional 235 million euros in humanitarian aid. The money is intended for food, shelter, clean water, healthcare, and education, among other things, the Commission said. The aid is part of a larger regional fund that supports vulnerable Syrians and host communities throughout the region. According to the Commission, the EU and its member states have thus provided more than 33.3 billion euros in humanitarian, development, economic, and stabilization assistance for the Syria crisis over the past 13 years.

To reaffirm the EU’s commitment, the responsible Commissioner Hadja Lahbib visited Syria on Friday. She wanted to meet representatives of the transitional government as well as EU partners and organizations of the Syrian civil society there to discuss urgent humanitarian challenges and needs.

On December 8, Assad was overthrown by a rebel alliance led by the Sunni Islamist group Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which now leads the Arab country with a transitional government appointed by it. (January 17)