Humanitarian Relief Arrives in Chenarus - Ossetia Today - 06NOV2019

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Humanitarian Relief Arrives in Chenarus
Ossetia Today

By Tanya Turgenev

 
After a month of some of the most brutal and intense fighting not see outside of the Syrian conflict, 37 days of fierce battle have finally come to an end in the region of Chenarus. Russian and American forces are now withdrawing from the area, and with this, healing can begin. 
A large influx of foreign aid and supply has begun working its way through the country, with IDAP already arriving on the shores of this broken and bruised country. With them, they bring a couple of hundred medical personnel, explosive removal experts, and other critical aid workers to help assist in returning the country to at least a semblance of what it was. There have also been pledges of support from Doctors without Borders, and the Red Cross promising to send more first-aid responders, medical supplies, and the much-needed equipment to get clean drinking water to communities hit hardest by this conflict. Refugees International has already begun helping displaced Chernarussians find temporary housing in refugee camps until their houses are rebuilt or to help them immigrate to other countries in the area.
 



(Pictured: IDAP first aid station on Chenarus) 

Outside of public sector organizations, however, support from the international community is seemingly absent. The United States and Russia have decided to vacate the region, leaving the mess of their geopolitical squabbling behind for others to clean up while they find a new theatre to trounce around. The EU has remained non-committal, and even Chenarus' close neighbor of Ukraine has refrained from dedicating any meaningful support to the now war-ravaged country. 
But an end to the fighting doesn't mean that threats still don't linger. The DPRC, having not officially conceded defeat, has gone to guerilla warfare, attacking CDF positions whenever able. Several confirmed and unconfirmed reports of DPRC insurgents even attacking IDAP vehicles and attempting to take IDAP personnel hostage. This new "Resistance group" has only served to mount more issues for the area, from sabotaging infrastructure like electrical grids to planting roadside bombs, making an already difficult job of removing unexploded ordnance and restoring roads to working order that much more challenging. 
 



(Pictured: Overturned IDAP van near Staroye, Chenarus)
 
The world's attention has mainly shifted from this side of the world, and the fighting may have subdued, for the most part, that doesn't mean that the road to recovery is over. With the help of international support, Chenarus can rebound to become what it was, and potentially even more.