Syria Audio Analysis: Why Politics Means No Humanitarian Aid - Scott Lucas with Monocle 24
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 14:06 | James Miller in EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran ;)
http://goo.gl/6n12OScott Lucas speaks to Monocle 24 Radio about the reasons why we're seeing countries scramble to give other types of aid to the rebels, but humanitarian aid is almost nowhere to be seen. In fact, less than a quarter of the humanitarian aid that has been pledged to those affected by this crisis has been delivered. The Saudis, in particular, have been criticized for their lack of aid.
Scott Lucas was joined by David Schenker of the Washington Institute. Scott's assessment - this is politics, the Saudis and the Qataris are focused on trying to pick a winner in the insurgency, and the refugees are almost on their own, while the few countries that are housing refugees have not received the assistances they've asked for.
The interview starts after the 1 hour 6 minute mark, and can be heard here.