The Netherlands stops support for opposition Syria

the hague - The Netherlands no longer supports the Syrian opposition. Now that it is about to collapse, it is no longer possible and meaningful, the cabinet says.

The support to the rebels who are trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, not with weapons but with vehicles and other goods, has already been suspended last spring. Now the aid to the aid workers of the acclaimed White Helmets and to the police force and the local government in the defensive area also ends, write minister Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs) and Sigrid Kaag (Development Cooperation) to the House of Representatives.

The Netherlands has spent € 70 million since 2015 to help the opponents of Assad. That money was spent mainly on goods for the rebels, on the police in the rebel area and on the White Helmets. Especially on the help of the first two was regularly criticized, because they would cooperate with extremists for example.