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Diabierna 11 Juni 2021

Myanmar military plane crash kills 12, including senior monk

(AP) — A well-known se- tion to two monks and six The crash occurred when the
nior Buddhist monk was devotees to Pyin Oo Lwin for plane was making its landing
among at least 12 people a ceremony to lay the foun- approach to Pyin Oo Lwin’s
who died when a plane dation for a new monastery, Anisakhan airport, reported
belonging to Myanmar’s the report said. Myawaddy TV, which said
military crashed Thurs- there was bad weather at the
day in the country’s cen- The senior monk who died time.
tral Mandalay region, was the abbot of Zay Kone
state media reported. Monastery in Pyinmana, a The plane that crashed ap-
satellite town of Naypyitaw. peared from photos to be a
Army-run Myawaddy TV He was believed to be in his Beechcraft 1900, a model
said a boy was one of two nineties and hosted the head used by the air force. Five
survivors on the flight from of the country’s current rul- people died in February 2016
the capital, Naypyitaw, to ing junta, Senior Gen. Min when an air force Beechcraft
Pyin Oo Lwin, also known Aung Hlaing, for a visit on 1900D crashed shortly after
as Maymyo. The other per- Feb. 2, the day after the army takeoff from Naypyitaw.
son taken to a hospital was ousted the country’s elected
reported to be a member of unconfirmed reports said he The plane was carrying six leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,
the military, but several other later died. military personnel in addi- and seized power.

Watchdog warns of aid disaster in Syria; shelling kills 11

cross through Bab al-Hawa Last year, and with threats Turkey and Russia, who sup-
from Turkey each month, ac- of a Russian veto, the Secu- port rival parties in Syria’s
cording to the U.N. rity Council officially closed 10-year conflict, had reached
three border crossings into a cease-fire deal in March
Northwest Syria was also Syria — from Iraq, Jordan 2020 that stopped a Russian-
among the last places in the and Turkey. That shutdown backed government offensive
world to receive COVID-19 left over 1 million people in on Idlib. But military opera-
vaccines, with U.N.-secured northeast Syria, another area tions have not totally ceased,
55,000 shots reaching the ter- outside government-control with limited violence break-
ritory for a May inoculation and where aid used to cross ing out occasionally as gov-
campaign. from Iraq, in extreme need, ernment forces try to make
according to the U.N. It piecemeal advances in the
Simpson told The Associated forced 19 out of 50 U.N.- enclave dominated by the al-
Press that if the corridor is supported health centers to Qaida-linked militant group,
shut, it is “unclear how and shut while authorities strug- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
whether any further vaccines gled to meet essential needs

(AP) — A leading rights maining aid crossing corridor
group warned Thurs- into the area, insisting the
day that millions of Syr- Syrian government should
ians risk losing access to control all assistance going
lifesaving aid, including into the country — even to
food and COVID-19 vac- areas outside its control.
cines, if Russia manages to
block at the U.N. Security The New York-based Hu-
Council the use of the last man Rights Watch said that
remaining cross-border closing Bab al-Hawa bor-
corridor for U.N. aid into der crossing with Turkey for
rebel-held northwestern U.N. aid threatens to totally
Syria. shut down humanitarian op-
erations most of the area’s
The warning came as activists residents depend on.
and rescuers said Syrian gov-
ernment shelling of several In its report, HRW said U.N.
northwestern villages killed agencies will no longer have
at least 11 people and sent authorization to procure sup-
hundreds fleeing on Thurs- plies or carry out or finance
day. others’ aid work, particularly
during emergencies such as
The onslaught is part of an the ongoing military cam-
apparent escalation of Syr- paign in Idlib or waves of
ian military operations in displacement. The U.N., for
the rebel-held enclave. The instance, pays the salaries of would reach the area.” The to fight the pandemic. Mark Cutts, the U.N.’s dep-
northwest is home to nearly 4 800 doctors and 2,000 nurses United States, the U.N and uty regional humanitarian
million people, most of them there. other European countries are Thursday’s shelling hit Ablin coordinator for Syria, tweeted
displaced and living in shel- campaigning for the crossing village in Idlib where oppo- his condemnation Wednes-
ters, dependent on U.N. aid. A new “humanitarian calam- to remain open for at least sition fighters and militants day of what he called the “big
ity” will be unleashed on the
The U.N. Security Council northwest if Security Coun- another year. still hold territory. Rescue escalation in artillery shelling
workers, known as White by Syrian government forces
mandate for humanitarian cil members fail to renew the Syria’s civil war has left the Helmets who operate in in southern Idlib.” He said
aid deliveries from Turkey mandate for aid deliveries, country divided, much of its opposition-held areas, said a the shelling has caused civil-
to Syria’s opposition-held HRW said. At least 75% of pre-war population displaced mother and her child and at ian casualties and hit near a
region expires July 10. Veto- the people there depend on and its infrastructure in ruins. least nine other civilians were camp for displaced people,
wielding Russia, Damascus’ aid to meet their basic needs. Nearly half a million people among those killed. At least destroying a compound used
close ally, has been pressing Some 85% receive the aid have been killed while tens of 10 shells landed in Ablin, as a school.
for the closure of the last re- from about 1,000 trucks that
thousands have disappeared. they said.