BRUSSELS — As ​the long Syrian war drags into its 10th year, conditions for Syrian civilians ​are ​deteriorating​ quickly, with rapid inflation and the coronavirus pandemic adding to their​ travails​. After almost a decade of violence, the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has mostly won the country’s civil war, aided by Russia and Iran and their proxies. The meeting of the donors in Brussels, which included some 80 governments and nongovernmental organizations, was focused solely on humanitarian aid, not reconstruction. That will have to wait for the war to end and a political settlement. Donors have for years pushed the United Nations and aid groups to ensure the aid reaches those who need it, regardless of political control.

Source: New York Times June 30, 2020 19:59 UTC