Jan Egeland, former adviser to the UN envoy to Syria and the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warned of a catastrophe in the full sense of the word in Syria, if the clashes erupted again, indicating that Idlib had seen HIV infections.
He said - in a video interview with journalists accredited to the United Nations - that the Corona pandemic has become a common enemy of humanity, warning that if the clashes erupt again, with the spread of Corona, this will be a disaster in every sense of the word throughout Syria "because the virus is already present in Idlib. Therefore, they cannot start the war again, and they should not. "
The former adviser to the UN envoy confirmed that Idlib has turned into a large camp, which includes displaced civilians from all over Syria.
More than a million civilians were displaced from Idlib in the past November, when the regime and its allies launched a military operation in the northern Syria province.
For its part, Human Rights Watch called on Tuesday for medical aid to be delivered to the northeastern Syria, scene of fighting and running out of goods, amid the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
"Two million people are stuck in northeastern Syria without the tools needed to cope with the outbreak of the Corona virus," said Jerry Simpson, co-director of the organization's conflict and crisis division.
"As the number of casualties rises, global and regional leaders must act immediately to allow life-saving medical supplies and crews to reach those most in need," he added.
It is noteworthy that under pressure from Russia, the United Nations Security Council in January reduced the number of border crossings allowed to be used to deliver humanitarian aid to northern Syria from four to two, located on the Turkish border.
Al-Yarbia crossing point on the Iraqi border is mainly devoted to providing the region with medical assistance funded by the United Nations, and it is one of the two crossings that were removed from the list of authorized crossings.
According to the United Nations, during the year 2019, no medical convoy passed through Damascus to the northeastern Syria, the last stronghold of the opposition.
Watch also called on the Syrian authorities in Damascus to "lift their long-term restrictions on aid access to Kurdish-controlled areas in the northeast of the country, and to allow supplies and medical personnel to enter."