Assad regime’s grip on aid agencies in Syria must be addressed, says report

Resurgent Syria government forces control distribution and one militia has contract to rebuild city it destroyed, claims thinktank

The manipulation of aid by Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria is a unique and persistent form of control that needs to be urgently addressed, according to a new report.

Based on interviews with UN officials and humanitarian workers in Syria, the 70-page Rescuing Aid in Syria report has been released by a Washington thinktank, the Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).