British government announces £50million in humanitarian aid for Syria and refugees in the Middle East after the collapse Bashar al-Assad's regime
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The UK has announced £50 million of humanitarian aid for vulnerable Syrians across the Middle East after the overthrow of Bashar Assad's regime. The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, the Foreign Office said.
![[An aerial picture shows protesters dragging a toppled statue of late president Hafez al-Assad on the street during a student rally near the campus of the Damascus University in the Syrian capital on December 15, 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/17/93170569-14195143-image-a-13_1734283728885.jpg)
Britain on Saturday joined talks in Aqaba, hosted by Jordan and attended by ministers and delegates from the US, France, Germany, the Arab Contact Group, Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the EU and UN. They agreed on the importance of a 'non-sectarian and representative government', protecting human rights, unfettered access for humanitarian aid, the safe destruction of chemical weapons, and combatting terrorism.
![[£30 million will be channelled within Syria for food, shelter and emergency healthcare, while £10 million will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Lebanon and £10 million to WFP and the UN's refugee agency]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/17/93170555-14195143-image-a-14_1734283731501.jpg)
'The UK urges the transitional government to adhere to these principles to build a more hopeful, secure and peaceful Syria,' the Foreign Office said on Sunday. Some £120,000 of UK funding has also been made available to the Organisation of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the department said.
Another £30 million will be channelled within Syria for food, shelter and emergency healthcare, while £10 million will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Lebanon and £10 million to WFP and the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR in Jordan. The intervention comes a week after the collapse of the Assad regime following a lightning offensive by rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
