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00:00:00specialized medical specialties and support for areas. local cadres within a tour that
00:00:04States and many includes a number of governorates and it is expected that more
00:00:07than 800 people in
00:00:09the governorate will benefit from it.
00:00:16Anything
00:00:17of thousands of meters of you need.
00:00:19rubble We received a campaign from SAMS organization a short while ago.
00:00:22Bridges of Recovery, which is the
00:00:25and their children returning to 15th campaign to reach are being removed Syria. The campaign included
00:00:29and securely, honestly, this definitely a group of doctors to make it from America and Australia, and there
00:00:32are also some nationalities from Switzerland and Italy,
00:00:35in addition to a large number of volunteers from
00:00:38inside
00:00:41This campaign is a campaign we called Bridges
00:00:43that require cardiac catheterization are among of Recovery. We took the name from the Euphrates Bridge from Deir ez-Zor. We
00:00:46are very pleased to officially start the campaign from here, from
00:00:50Deir ez-Zor, the city of pride, the city of dignity,
00:00:53catheterization department in the city of God willing, blessings. So we start the campaign from here in several
00:00:56Syrian governorates. We hope that we
00:00:58and improvement of medical services in will have visits to six governorates.
00:01:05part of focusing on And we have in Idlib, and we have in Aleppo, and we also have visits in the city of Damascus, God
00:01:08at least 50 cardiac catheterizations willing, and we will have some medical activities, seminars, and lectures in
00:01:11Latakia.
00:01:14The goal, of course, is to cover the
00:01:17SAMS organization as it is one eastern region, including Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa.
00:01:19of the pioneers in this We will work mostly in the National Hospital, Al-Hwaidy Hospital,
00:01:21Al-Mayadeen National Hospital, and Hajin National Hospital, God willing.
00:01:25The specialties will be
00:01:28Idlib. And regarding this diverse: general surgery, joint replacement surgery, orthopedics, surgery in
00:01:32neurological specialties, internal medicine,
00:01:35pediatrics, and dental surgery
00:01:38as well.
00:01:41The goal of these campaigns is to support specialties, to support
00:01:43specialized specialties that are not available in Deir ez-Zor, and we seek
00:01:47full coordination with all parties, including the Ministry of Health and the parties that
00:01:51work with it, and organizations working in the medical sector,
00:01:54especially medical education, in order to contribute to raising the level
00:01:57of doctors and medical staff.
00:02:01They perform specialized operations in general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and other
00:02:06from Chicago specialties. This service will
00:02:08Dr. Ihsan Kadaan, an expert in primarily be provided through the National Hospital and some services through centers affiliated with primary
00:02:11healthcare.
00:02:14The team will work during the coming days, about five or
00:02:17six coming days, and this is not their first campaign, nor is it their last.
00:02:21The expected number of people who will benefit from this campaign is around
00:02:25rehabilitation, and this 800 people. We here
00:02:28volunteered with the SAMS team to accompany the doctors who came from
00:02:31abroad. Honestly,
00:02:33different approach we will try to gain from their experiences,
00:02:36see how they deal with patients,
00:02:40its dark ideas, usurping and the techniques they brought with them. This will definitely add something
00:02:43positive to our academic and professional journey.
00:02:47but it makes us lament the From Deir ez-Zor, our correspondent for Al-Akhbariya, Ahmed Al-Atra, joins us directly. Ahmed, good
00:02:52and coordination with evening. Could you tell us more about the Bridges of Recovery campaign and the services
00:02:56it provides, and the medical delegation that
00:03:00arrived in
00:03:02to pump water the governorate?
00:03:05Yes, Abdelkader, regarding the Bridges of Recovery campaign,
00:03:10segments of this it is the 15th campaign, of course, the 15th major campaign to reach Syria.
00:03:14According to the head of
00:03:16Abdul Razzaq Alloush, to this the mission, Dr. Al-Athasi, who confirmed that the Bridges
00:03:18of Recovery campaign took its name from the
00:03:22Euphrates bridges or Deir ez-Zor bridges because the campaign
00:03:25launched from this governorate, from Deir ez-Zor. The campaign
00:03:29includes
00:03:32indeed encroaching on more than 64 doctors of various specialties,
00:03:35and volunteers for the first time from different nationalities,
00:03:38including Australia, Switzerland,
00:03:41and Italy, in addition to American doctors who came
00:03:45with this campaign. Today, this campaign was launched.
00:03:49Of course, the campaign includes
00:03:52fellow doctors on tours, operations, seminars, and educational seminars
00:03:56for doctors in four areas, namely:
00:04:02In Deir ez-Zor, it focuses on the National Hospital and Al-Hwaidy Hospital.
00:04:05The biggest achievement this morning was
00:04:08the opening of the cardiac
00:04:10a significant part of catheterization department and performing 10
00:04:12two schools in catheterization operations for the first time in the governorate,
00:04:15in addition to the other aspect, which
00:04:18is the educational aspect, where educational seminars were held
00:04:21for medical staff and resident doctors
00:04:24in
00:04:27Management, and by Al-Hwaidy Hospital, in addition to operations
00:04:30specialized in jaw surgery, and there
00:04:34is neurosurgery, there is internal
00:04:36to benefit from medicine.
00:04:37medical information from So,
00:04:39campaign is various specialties or most specialties are available with the team
00:04:43that came to Deir ez-Zor governorate. This campaign will not stop
00:04:46in Deir ez-Zor, but will move to several Syrian governorates, including Raqqa
00:04:50and Damascus. I will stop here and thank you very much for all these
00:04:55and other details. Ahmed Al-Atra, Al-Akhbariya correspondent, you were with us live from Deir
00:04:57ez-Zor. Yes.
00:05:00In the same discussion, we will expand further with Dr. Nasr Al-Khalaf, Director
00:05:04of the Health Directorate in Deir ez-Zor, and we are also
00:05:07joined by Dr. Ihsan Kadaan,
00:05:09of the region an expert in health policies and systems with the SAMS organization,
00:05:13our guest from Chicago. I will start with Dr. Nasr
00:05:16Al-Khalaf from Deir ez-Zor. So, this campaign launched by
00:05:20the SAMS team, Bridges of Recovery, will
00:05:23start in Deir ez-Zor, but will
00:05:26it only include Deir ez-Zor city? What are the aspects
00:05:30of expansion and what is the role of the Health Directorate
00:05:33in cooperation with this team to complete and achieve this
00:05:37campaign?
00:05:40Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you, and welcome all.
00:05:43Is the sound clear, God willing? Yes, of course.
00:05:46Please proceed. Of course, this campaign is considered
00:05:50one of the most important or one of the important and large campaigns that have visited
00:05:54Deir ez-Zor governorate. And it is also distinctive that the launch of this
00:05:57campaign started from Deir ez-Zor governorate, which has a great
00:06:00need currently due to the destruction of the medical infrastructure
00:06:04completely during the previous regime's period,
00:06:07and the start now of reconstruction
00:06:11the region and focusing on specialized services and specialized
00:06:14services. Regarding
00:06:16cooperation between the Health Directorate
00:06:19and the entities that provide similar services,
00:06:22there is full coordination with everyone
00:06:26and high coordination specifically with
00:06:31work and pioneers in specialized medical
00:06:34services and educational training.
00:06:38Of course, all these operations are carried out in full
00:06:41coordination with the Ministry of Health and the official for communication and coordination
00:06:44of medical campaigns and international cooperation. We
00:06:47facilitate all necessary work to
00:06:51ensure the success of such campaigns, providing
00:06:54staff, ensuring communication, and facilitating
00:06:57operations in targeted hospitals and targeted
00:07:00centers, in addition to providing the necessary
00:07:03logistical support to ensure the success of any
00:07:06operation, whether it is available or
00:07:09we help to provide it as much as possible. Aha. Stay with us,
00:07:13Dr. Nasr, we will come back to you in a moment, and I welcome again
00:07:20health policies and systems at
00:07:24SAMS organization. Good evening, Dr. Ihsan, and thank you for being with us on
00:07:27Syria Tonight. We are talking about the Bridges of
00:07:31Recovery campaign. First, what prompted you to launch this campaign
00:07:34and what are the goals you seek
00:07:38to achieve in this campaign as well? Good
00:07:41evening to you and the esteemed viewers.
00:07:45In general, this is part of the work that SAMS is doing
00:07:48to help and rebuild
00:07:51the health system. Of course, there is a service part,
00:07:55which is providing treatments and interventions for patients, and the second
00:07:58part of it is an educational part, and all of this contributes to
00:08:02restructuring and building the health system
00:08:04in Syria.
00:08:07Oh, well, today, the health situation, Dr. Ihsan, as you know,
00:08:10is dilapidated due to what the
00:08:12defunct Assad regime did. How
00:08:15do you seek, in addition to partners, whether international
00:08:19or even in the Ministry of Health and Syrian
00:08:22authorities, to support and revive this medical
00:08:25sector? Actually, there are several
00:08:28ways to revive and rebuild
00:08:31the health system. The most important is
00:08:34empowering capabilities inside Syria, and this is what
00:08:37we are actually seeing through these missions that are
00:08:40taking place every month or month and a half on
00:08:43average. So, through these missions, honestly, in addition
00:08:47to the doctors bringing consumables and performing
00:08:50specialized operations inside Syria for patients who are in need
00:08:54of them, despite the lack of financial
00:08:58capability for these patients, the goal is
00:09:01to strengthen the capabilities of
00:09:05the ground through the practical part that
00:09:08takes place during the intervention, whether it is
00:09:11a surgical intervention or through vascular
00:09:14interventions. Of course, the other part of it is a theoretical
00:09:18part through the lectures that
00:09:21are given in universities or even in hospitals
00:09:25for students in the pre-graduation stage, and this at the same time
00:09:29helps in supervising these
00:09:32resident doctors and students,
00:09:36even taking it further to building infrastructure
00:09:39in the field of research.
00:09:43To develop it in the Syrian health sector, yes.
00:09:46Okay, back to you, Dr. Nasr Al-Khalaf, our guest from
00:09:49Deir ez-Zor. This expected to
00:09:53provide specialized medical services
00:09:56in more than one disease context.
00:10:00Regarding cases, how are they identified?
00:10:04Which specialties will be included in the campaign,
00:10:07and regarding local cadres, what
00:10:10is the percentage of participation, given that there
00:10:12are some doctors and health cadres
00:10:16who voluntarily joined under the umbrella of this
00:10:19campaign? Of course,
00:10:22the campaign includes volunteers, visiting
00:10:26doctors, and consultants from the United
00:10:29other countries, in addition to volunteers from medical students
00:10:32as administrative contributors.
00:10:35Of course, the important thing in this campaign is its synchronization
00:10:39with the launch of the cardiac catheterization project in Deir
00:10:43ez-Zor governorate, which is considered the first in the eastern region
00:10:46and is considered the first in the history of Deir ez-Zor at the public sector level,
00:10:50as today is considered the first successful
00:10:54cardiac catheterization, thank God. Today we performed ten
00:10:58cardiac catheterizations for patients and stents were
00:11:01implanted, and this achievement is one of the most important achievements
00:11:04because, of course, cases
00:11:08the critical emergency cases that used to
00:11:11suffer about five to six hours to reach Damascus,
00:11:15followed by the hardship of searching for an available spot in the public
00:11:18sector, and often there is none, so the patient is forced to switch to the private
00:11:22sector, which is expensive, exhausting, and dangerous at the same time.
00:11:26So, we are now planning, God willing, during the campaign from
00:11:30Sunday to Thursday, to perform
00:11:33with the necessary stent implantation for these
00:11:36cases, followed by staff follow-up. Aha. Regarding
00:11:40medical staff, there is an important point. There are
00:11:43doctors present in Deir ez-Zor, some of whom are
00:11:47residents in the city, and some of whom were outside
00:11:50the governorate and attended training for a certain period of several
00:11:53months under the supervision of trained medical teams and returned to complete
00:11:57providing the service in Deir ez-Zor. In addition to this
00:12:00specialty, we also have surgical operations, anesthesia
00:12:04specialty, which has a very large shortage
00:12:07in the region, performing joint replacements, neurological
00:12:10operations, jaw surgery, and other specialized
00:12:13operations. All these operations are performed jointly
00:12:17between local medical staff and
00:12:20visiting consultant staff. Aha. Okay,
00:12:24Dr. Ihsan, I mean, Syrian
00:12:27doctors and Syrian expatriates, or
00:12:31some of whom were refugees during the years of the revolution, along with
00:12:34Arab and foreign doctors. Could you tell us about this
00:12:38participating staff in this campaign and how they were
00:12:41chosen to participate in this
00:12:44campaign? Of course, the number of participating doctors
00:12:48ranges between 60 and 70 doctors, as
00:12:51you mentioned, distributed between America,
00:12:55Europe, Gulf countries, and even Australia. This is what distinguishes
00:12:59this campaign currently, that we have colleagues from Australia
00:13:02to benefit from their expertise
00:13:06in surgical interventions. As for the selection
00:13:09process, honestly, we have a large team at SAMS on the ground
00:13:13inside Syria that is responsible for logistics
00:13:17the team in the United States. Usually,
00:13:21missions are announced or prepared about a month
00:13:24or a month and a half before. Then, doctors currently in
00:13:28America register for these campaigns according to
00:13:32their situation, work, etc. After the registration
00:13:35process, documents are collected, of course, in coordination with
00:13:39the Ministry of Health, which is appreciated, and the office there responsible for
00:13:42missions. After collecting documents
00:13:45and specialties, these campaigns are organized
00:13:49logistically inside Syria, and doctors are distributed
00:13:53according to their specialty and the area they want to serve in.
00:13:57Oh, can Dr. Nasr mentioned an important
00:14:00point, which is medical students. Can they
00:14:04participate in this campaign with
00:14:07these doctors, I mean, for two reasons: First,
00:14:11to support this campaign, and on the other hand,
00:14:14also, I mean, for them to have an experience that might be a real
00:14:18field experience? That's a great question,
00:14:22honestly. The backbone of logistical work in
00:14:26Syria is medical students. My second campaign
00:14:29last summer when I was
00:14:32in Aleppo, honestly,
00:14:35the people leading the operation on the ground were medical
00:14:39students. So, every visiting doctor from the United States
00:14:43or other countries is assigned one of the
00:14:46students in the fifth or sixth year of medical
00:14:49school for the purpose of accompanying them, collecting data, securing
00:14:53logistics, transportation, etc. So, this
00:14:57not only helps in the process of transferring
00:15:02visiting doctors to students, but
00:15:05it also establishes a future relationship or even a supervisory
00:15:08relationship between the doctor and the student, which might even help them in
00:15:11the specialization phase or after specialization, and through
00:15:14following up on the cases they see during
00:15:18the mission and developing the education
00:15:20of these students. Aha. Regarding this campaign,
00:15:24Dr. Nasr Al-Khalaf, it
00:15:27started in Deir ez-Zor, actually,
00:15:29and will include many cases, as
00:15:32you mentioned, but why did it start with Deir ez-Zor? Was it
00:15:36done in coordination, or at the request perhaps, or according to the need from
00:15:40the Health Directorate in Deir ez-Zor, from you, or was
00:15:43this done at the request or proposal presented by SAMS
00:15:46and approved by
00:15:48you? Regarding targeting Deir
00:15:52ez-Zor with the launch of this grant, it is from several aspects. First, there is
00:15:56full coordination between the Health Directorate
00:15:59and SAMS and between the Ministry, and there is also an emphasis on the great
00:16:03need we have, and as I mentioned, it was concurrent
00:16:06with the launch of a service that was not
00:16:10previously available before Deir ez-Zor. So this great
00:16:13event, we decided that it should be with the launch
00:16:16of the entire campaign from the region with the presence of our consultant
00:16:19brothers, with the presence of trained staff,
00:16:22with the presence of relevant parties, since it is
00:16:26a big event to open an emergency cardiac
00:16:30the region that was never there before, in addition
00:16:34to supporting other specialties within the campaign, but this
00:16:37was the most important event in the recent developments.
00:16:41Yes. Okay, regarding
00:16:44Deir ez-Zor governorate specifically,
00:16:48and regarding this coordination that you referred to
00:16:51as stages, will this be the first and last stage only
00:16:55for this cooperation between you and SAMS, or could
00:16:59the matter lead to future stages
00:17:02and targeting other patient
00:17:05groups? Regarding cooperation, it was not
00:17:08the first at all, and it will not be the last at all. It is
00:17:12a stage among stages of continuous coordination between SAMS,
00:17:16Deir ez-Zor, and the Ministry of Health. We welcome all
00:17:19efforts that support medical services in Deir
00:17:22ez-Zor governorate, whether at the level of providing the service
00:17:26itself or at the level of development and medical
00:17:29education. These are important
00:17:32points for us currently,
00:17:36and that is. Okay, I'll turn to you, Dr.
00:17:40Ihsan, in conclusion. There were foreign doctors who
00:17:43participated in the campaigns you are conducting. This is the 15th campaign, as
00:17:47Dr. Nasr mentioned. What are perhaps the most prominent points that
00:17:51caught their attention in Syria? What was their view of Syria
00:17:54and the most
00:17:57prominent points they spoke about during their participation in the field
00:18:00campaigns? Of course, the most prominent points are
00:18:04the existence of great challenges, especially in the eastern regions.
00:18:08I mean, the massive destruction that occurred in the eastern regions,
00:18:11especially in Deir ez-Zor, was really striking.
00:18:14I mean, a city the size of Deir ez-Zor
00:18:17is being
00:18:20Yes, Doctor, this in itself is an achievement,
00:18:25reality in the city.
00:18:28Yes, I thank you very much and thank you for your efforts and
00:18:31the participating doctors in this campaign. Dr. Ihsan Kadaan,
00:18:35expert in health policies and systems with SAMS
00:18:37organization, you were with us live from Chicago,
00:18:40and also our guest from Deir ez-Zor, the Director of the Health Directorate in Deir ez-Zor,
00:18:44Dr. Nasr Al-Khalaf. Thank you very much. The
00:19:03Holy Land Schools were opened in the villages of Al-Qunya and Al-Yaqubiya, west
00:19:08of Idlib, for the first time in 60 years, after the defunct
00:19:11regime closed them and took them over
00:19:15before they were subjected to shelling by the defunct
00:19:18regime during the years of the revolution. Indeed,
00:19:21Salamah, the opening was attended by the Governor of Idlib, Muhammad Abdel Rahman, and the Minister
00:19:24of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raed Al-Saleh, and the Minister of Social
00:19:28Affairs and Labor, Hind Qabbawat, and the Vatican Ambassador, Luigi Roberto
00:19:32Cona, and Archbishop Hanna
00:19:33Gloff.
00:19:46So, today we are very happy to reopen
00:19:50Al-Yaqubiya and Al-Qunaya and everywhere.
00:19:52This is our duty, and we worked to restore
00:19:56and rehabilitate the schools that were destroyed by the defunct regime in all
00:19:59villages and rural areas of Idlib, including Al-Yaqubiya and Al-Qunaya
00:20:03and Al-Jadida and Al-Ghassaniyah,
00:20:05especially after the return of the residents to these villages in the countryside of Jisr
00:20:09al-Shughur. Their people have returned to them, and it is our
00:20:12duty to help them and provide all kinds of services they
00:20:16really need. Most of them
00:20:19were destroyed. Today, a very important point
00:20:23is trust in the state. After 60 years, the schools were
00:20:27closed. Today, the schools opened.
00:20:30What was said in the play today, if you listen, we
00:20:34no longer want to build a wall, we want to build bridges between them.
00:20:37Today, education and the fact that the schools opened
00:20:41is building trust between the state
00:20:43and the groups that we were all
00:20:47marginalized in this region for 60
00:20:50years.
00:20:53These schools are part of all the schools in the governorate that
00:20:56effectively today we are saying that this
00:20:59is one message, truly. Syria is for all
00:21:02Syrians. Syria is for its children. Today,
00:21:05as I am a son of this region and a son of
00:21:07this time, when I see my friends
00:21:10and I see my neighbors returning to their homes again
00:21:15schools safely
00:21:19makes me happy and means a lot to me and means that, God
00:21:22willing, gradually we will return all
00:21:25schools to education.
00:21:28The stone and brick building. The opening of the school
00:21:31has great importance for us. We are very happy
00:21:35because we returned and our children returned,
00:21:38and God willing, it will be for the best, and God willing,
00:21:41it will be a good start for everyone. And here
00:21:44appeared the role of God.
00:21:47Life returned to us and to our children.
00:22:01From here, the Holy Land Schools open their doors to students
00:22:05from the two villages, with the presence of government officials and residents
00:22:08of Al-Qunya and Al-Yaqubiya, in an occasion that carried an educational and social
00:22:12character. Faris of Al-Akhbariya
00:22:15Al-Suriyah, western
00:22:18topic, we are pleased to host from the countryside
00:22:21of Jisr al-Shughour district director, Mr. Abdul Razzaq Alloush.
00:22:25Welcome, Mr. Abdul Razzaq, and thank you for being with us. We are talking about
00:22:28the opening of the Holy Land Schools in the villages of Al-Qunya
00:22:31and Al-Yaqubiya, west of Idlib, after long years of closure
00:22:35due to the defunct Assad
00:22:38regime. What is the impact of the opening of these schools on the people
00:22:41of the region, and how did they receive the news of the opening of these
00:22:45schools as well?
00:22:47Greetings to you and everyone.
00:22:54Of course, Mr. Khaled, today, after God blessed us with the liberation of the land
00:22:57and people, we restore a right that was usurped by the defunct
00:23:00regime for nearly 60 years, which are
00:23:04two schools: a school in the village of Al-Yaqubi and a school in
00:23:07the village of Al-Qunya, where they were opened with official
00:23:11government participation and esteemed guests after their
00:23:15great event has a clear expression of support
00:23:19for the educational process and a completely
00:23:23from what the defunct regime was doing in destroying
00:23:27stone and human beings, spreading
00:23:30rights, and restricting minds. Of course, the joy
00:23:34of the residents was indescribable, great joy for
00:23:37the residents and students,
00:23:40as the opening ceremonies of these two schools
00:23:43took place in an atmosphere filled with
00:23:46joy and optimism
00:23:49for a prosperous Syrian future.
00:23:52Yes, full of optimism and hope for coming
00:23:56days that will bring all good to all
00:24:00country. Aha. Welcome back, Mr.
00:24:06file and this truly joyful news, the reopening
00:24:09of these schools. We are not talking about one or
00:24:13two years or more, but 60
00:24:17years. I mean, the defunct regime was
00:24:22the mosques that were a starting point for
00:24:25demonstrations against it since the beginning of the revolution, but
00:24:28perhaps not many know that the regime
00:24:32also did not spare churches or
00:24:34religious holy schools affiliated with them.
00:24:37Therefore, what were the policies against
00:24:41these two schools specifically during the last six decades? If you could clarify
00:24:44the historical context
00:24:46for us. Of course, sir, regarding
00:24:50the regime, it tried to make these schools
00:24:53affiliated with the Ba'ath party
00:24:56so that they would spread its ideas, principles,
00:24:59aspirations, and its dark
00:25:02and criminal policies.
00:25:06And upon refusal from those in charge of these
00:25:09schools, the schools were "secured" by it, in its
00:25:13own concept, which it
00:25:17applied to all Syrian territories, and these
00:25:20schools were usurped and prevented from being used.
00:25:23Of course, the regime had usurped Syria completely, not
00:25:26just these schools or
00:25:29restricted the role of thought and the role
00:25:33of education, but its usurpation was of all Syrian
00:25:36land, including. Aha. Aha. Okay, Mr. Abdul Razzaq,
00:25:40and as we talk about Al-Qunya and Al-Yaqubiya
00:25:45areas that witnessed destruction and repeated
00:25:48targeting by the defunct Assad regime
00:25:51and its loyal militias during the years of the revolution,
00:25:55how is the reality
00:25:59from the aspect of infrastructure and its service
00:26:03reality?
00:26:06Right, Mr. Khaled. Of course, we have been working to remove
00:26:09all traces of the shelling and destruction that
00:26:13the defunct regime used to practice, where
00:26:16hundreds
00:26:21and demolished structures
00:26:28easy for residents to return to their homes, lands,
00:26:32and livelihoods and start
00:26:35a new life in the villages. We
00:26:39work with continuous and diligent effort to provide all necessary
00:26:43services within the available capabilities
00:26:46and resources we have. Yes, of course,
00:26:49your efforts are appreciated, Mr. Abdul Razzaq, but
00:26:53these schools that were reopened indeed
00:26:56were also subjected to shelling during the years of
00:26:59the revolution when the defunct regime took them over
00:27:03at a certain time. So they
00:27:05were subjected to a large destruction
00:27:09and sabotage. Were they reopened through the efforts
00:27:13بجهود
00:27:16of the Idlib branch or Idlib governorate specifically, or were
00:27:20there local
00:27:23or perhaps international organizations
00:27:26that participated in their reopening
00:27:29again?
00:27:32Yes. Of course, the schools are being renovated at the level of Idlib
00:27:35governorate through the efforts of Idlib
00:27:39governorate, in addition to the efforts
00:27:42of benevolent hands and some organizations that extend
00:27:45help. The financial
00:27:47capabilities are weak for the country,
00:27:51an economically collapsed country. I mean, we are
00:27:55not saying that we took over the country from scratch,
00:27:58but rather below zero. We strive
00:28:02to rise in all aspects, whether
00:28:06cultural, educational, service, institutional,
00:28:10to advance this country and bring it to the ranks of developed
00:28:14countries. Aha. God willing. Okay, Mr. Abdul Razzaq, I mean,
00:28:17Today, the western Idlib
00:28:20countryside, what does it need for its
00:28:24displaced people and those
00:28:27who have been displaced to it, many of
00:28:30whom are still outside
00:28:34today? Yes, that's right. Of course, the areas
00:28:38in general all
00:28:41areas of Idlib province are similar
00:28:44in terms of their need
00:28:48for basic services, whether it is renovating
00:28:51schools or rebuilding them, as the former
00:28:54regime destroyed these schools. They need
00:28:58water stations, rehabilitation of water stations
00:29:01and water networks
00:29:04and help people to remain
00:29:08in these villages and rebuild them.
00:29:11They need streets, of course.
00:29:14The roads are destroyed. The lifespan
00:29:18of the asphalt has ended, and they need
00:29:22to be completely repaved. The issue
00:29:25of schools is a vital
00:29:27nerve.
00:29:29People need them to be renovated
00:29:33and their children to be educated
00:29:36in these schools. This is some
00:29:39or a small part of the huge
00:29:43need that these
00:29:46areas need. Thank you very much
00:29:50for being with us, Mr. Abdul Razzaq Alloush,
00:29:53Director of Jisr al-Shughur
00:30:08area. The Syrian Arab Republic
00:30:11and Ukraine signed a high-level
00:30:15cooperation agreement in the field
00:30:17of mine action for humanitarian purposes.
00:30:20The agreement was signed by the Syrian
00:30:23side, the Ministry of Emergency Situations
00:30:27and Disaster
00:30:30the Ukrainian side, the Ministry
00:30:33of Economy and Environment. The agreement aims
00:30:38advanced Ukrainian
00:30:39expertise
00:30:48in the field of mine clearance
00:30:51and technical and technological
00:30:55survey of contaminated lands, especially
00:30:58in agricultural