Outrage After Us-Sanctioned Syrian Airline Cham Wings Delivers Wfp Aid To Rebel-Held Libya syrianobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from syrianobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
United Nations used sanctioned Syrian airliner to transport aid to Libya
Cham Wings accused of ferrying mercenaries and aiding Iran s Revolutionary Guard, but the UN tells MEE the options for air freight delivery into Libya are minimal
Image posted by the World Health Organisation in Libya showed humanitarian aid being offloaded from a Cham Wings flight in Benghazi (Twitter) By Published date: 12 January 2021 11:23 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
The United Nations has confirmed to Middle East Eye that it used a US-sanctioned Syrian airline accused of ferrying fighters and weapons on behalf of Bashar al-Assad and Khalifa Haftar transport aid to Libya.
WHO uses sanctioned Syrian airline to deliver aid to Libya
A Cham Wings plane, a private Syrian airline, is pictured taking off from an airport [SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images] January 12, 2021 at 4:16 pm
The World Health Organisation has used an aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime to deliver medical supplies to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, making it the latest of questionable affiliations taken by the organisation. The regime is operating under sanctions which also affect its institutions and anyone using them.
The WHO in Libya published a photo on its Twitter account showing the aircraft belonging to Cham Wings, saying that it delivered more than sixteen tons of medicines, supplies and equipment to Benghazi. It stated that it continues to provide humanitarian assistance aid to the people of Libya.