Aron Lund
The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN)
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Is Russia about to block a key aid route into northwest Syria?
Aid workers are worried that complex diplomatic dynamics will put civilians in rebel-held Idlib at greater risk. → Read More
Syria aid at risk in Security Council vote
The UN has only one way in for aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest. Will it survive the Security Council? → Read More
Stop-gap solutions for Syrians without papers
Rebel authorities have spent years printing documents for Syrians in insurgent-held areas. But what happens when al-Assad wins back control? → Read More
No papers, no rights: Understanding Syria’s civil documentation crisis
What does it mean if you don’t have an ID in Syria? → Read More
Russia holds key to UN Syria aid operation
Another diplomatic dispute over cross-border aid is playing out as civilians face war, economic crisis, and the pandemic. → Read More
Diplomats battle over key Syria aid resolution
A resolution that facilitates cross-border UN aid to Syrians outside government control is facing trouble in the UN Security Council. → Read More
As Turkey and Russia pull the strings in Syria’s Idlib, civilians pay the price
Both countries are interested in preventing a full-scale assault but seem unable to agree on an alternative that might reduce civilian suffering. → Read More
Briefing: Just how ‘smart’ are sanctions on Syria?
The US and EU say sanctions are designed to avoid harming Syrian civilians and the humanitarians that help them. Aid groups beg to differ. → Read More
The blame game over Syria’s winter fuel crisis
Sanctions, economic warfare, or government corruption: what is really causing the shortages? → Read More
Trump pullout plan leaves aid groups in northeast Syria scrambling
The future of aid and much else is uncertain in Kurdish-held regions of Syria. → Read More
Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote
The UN may provide only one fifth of cross-border aid to Syria, but humanitarians say its role is about more than just numbers → Read More
Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote
The UN may provide only one fifth of cross-border aid to Syria, but humanitarians say its role is about more than just numbers → Read More
Mission impossible for next UN Syria envoy?
As Staffan de Mistura prepares to leave office, here’s a look at the UN peace process so far and why it keeps failing → Read More
After Russia-Turkey deal, the fate of Syria’s Idlib hangs in the balance
A buffer zone is supposed to prevent a bloody battle in Syria’s last rebel-held province, but are Assad’s forces and rebel factions on side? → Read More
Syrian war: Understanding Idlib’s rebel factions
Fighting forces in Syria’s last rebel-held territory are divided on almost everything but their opposition to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad → Read More
Idlib briefing: “Humanitarian catastrophe” feared as Syria war reaches final rebel stronghold
The UN is warning that up to 800,000 civilians could be forced to flee an assault on the territory by Bashar al-Assad’s forces → Read More
Idlib briefing: “Humanitarian catastrophe” feared as Syria war reaches final rebel stronghold
The UN is warning that up to 800,000 civilians could be forced to flee an assault on the territory by Bashar al-Assad’s forces → Read More
Dispossession or development? The tug of war over Syria’s ruined slum dwellings
Critics say a controversial law will allow the government to expropriate land from vulnerable refugees and al-Assad opponents → Read More
As Syria looks to rebuild, US and allies hope money can win where guns lost
In the post-war power games and political point-scoring, Syrian civilians are set to lose again → Read More
Trapped between rebels and air raids, civilians in Eastern Ghouta face chaos
President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are poised to retake full control of the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta. What does this mean for its inhabitants? → Read More