{"id":7046,"date":"2012-03-13T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2012-03-13T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T16:00:39","slug":"organization-of-islamic-cooperation-to-send-aid-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=7046","title":{"rendered":"Organization of Islamic Cooperation to send aid to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Islamic group gets Syria’s approval to send aid<\/strong>
\n13 March, 2012 – Reuters – The Daily Star<\/p>\n

JEDDAH: The world’s largest Islamic body said on Tuesday it had received permission by Damascus to send humanitarian aid to Syria, and will send a team there soon to assess the population’s needs.<\/p>\n

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), whose 57 members include conflict-stricken Syria, said preparations are under way for the assessment mission.<\/p>\n

Last week, President Bashar Assad’s government requested more time to assess a demand by U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos for “unhindered access” for aid, Amos said after a visit to Syria.<\/p>\n

“Preparations are underway for an assessment mission to depart to Syria and to the site of refugees on the borders of Turkey and Jordan,” OIC spokesman Tariq Bakhiet said.<\/p>\n

“Based on the assessment the amount and type of humanitarian aid will be determined and we will start sending it immediately,” he said.<\/p>\n

The OIC aims to safeguard the interests of the Muslim world and has collected aid in the past to help its member states. Last year, the group’s Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said member states had pledged $350 million in aid to fight famine in Somalia.<\/p>\n

The United Nations estimates more than 8,000 civilians have been killed in Assad’s crackdown on the uprising, which began almost a year ago.<\/p>\n

Last week the United Nations said it was readying food stocks for 1.5 million people in Syria as part of a 90-day emergency plan to help civilians deprived of basic supplies.
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