The Assistance Coordination Unit is overdue in issuing its annual report of 2013 and the report of the external international auditing firm “Deloitte” is mentioned with four NOTES!!

The Assistance Coordination Unit “ACU” of the National Coalition has published its annual report of 2013, accompanied by a report from the external Global auditors who contracted with the Unit to conduct a full-scale auditing for it.

The annual report recites the achievements of the Unit through its main divisions in different humanitarian, developmental and medical sectors, as well as its affiliated offices in Lebanon and Jordan. Accompanying the report are the financial report of all ACU’s activities, auditing and comparison reports prepared by the ACU’s internal auditor as well as the report of the global auditing firm “Deloitte”. The report has graphic projections and representations of all 2013 activities and performance indicators.

Interestingly, the result that “Deloitte” concluded in its report came as a “qualified opinion” meaning that, “the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of ACU as at 31 December 2013 except four notes”.

The ACU had contracted with “Deloitte”, the Global external financial auditors in March of 2014, in order to ensure greater transparency in front of the Syrian people and other donors and implementing partners, and with the intention of holding itself accountable to the dignified Syrian people pertaining to all funds provided to the public through the Unit and the crucial role it plays.

It is noteworthy that, “Deloitte” firm is one of the four largest international professional services networks (Big Four of Audit Firms). It is known to audit governments, governmental banks and a large array of international banks.
Download the report in English, via this link: Click Here

The following link is for a video with full explanation, supported by graphs and official documents, of the Unit and of the performance indicators of 2013. It also presents Deloitte’s report and the “NOTES” they talked about, to be utilized as technical information: Click Here

Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any needed information upon financial issues on this e-mail: finance@acu-sy.org
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By Kathryn Maureen Ryan
Impunity Watch Managing Editor

DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. forces have begun leading airstrikes in Syria against The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) which is attempting to establish an caliphate in Syria and Iraq based on its extremist interpretation of Islamic law. The United States military conducted the airstrikes with fighter jets as well as remotely piloted aircraft and Tomahawk missiles to conduct 14 strikes against ISIS in Syria. 47 Tomahawk missiles were fired by American ships located in the Red Sea and the North Arabian Gulf. The Coalition of states supporting the airstrikes included several Arab allies. Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates took part in the strikes. Several of the Arab Allies participating in the airstrikes played a kinetic role in the strikes meaning they played an active role in carrying out the strikes rather than simply providing material support to the United States.

On Tuesday morning, before heading to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, United States President Barack Obama addressed the importance of Arab participation in the Coalition combating ISIS on Tuesday morning saying the Coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight “makes it clear to the world that this is not America’s fight alone,” and that Middle Eastern governments are rejecting ISIS and its extremist agenda. Jordan’s minister of information and communication, Mohamamd Al Momani, confirmed Jordan’s participation in the strikes saying the airstrikes would continue in the coming period. Momani said The Jordanian Kingdom is participating in the collation in order to combat “terrorism in its home in order to protect Jordan’s security and stability and to prevent terrorism from reaching the kingdom.”

The strikes primarily targeted the area around Raqqa, which ISIS has declared as its Capital city. For several moths civilians living in Raqqa have been experienced the harsh rule of ISIS after militants took over their city, which had been one of Syria’s most liberal cities. Members of ISIS have implemented severe punishments against civilians for violations of their strict interpretation of Islamic law, opposition members have said public executions have become a daily occurrence in the area.

Abo Ismail, an opposition activist inside Raqqa, said Tuesday that residents were both fearful and elated to see the U.S. attacking ISIS targets there because while they were thrilled to see intentional action against ISIS the group was reacting by increasing security in the city.

“I would dance in the streets, but I am too afraid,” Ismail said.

Syria has been in the midst of a devastating civil war that has killed thousands of civilians and displaced several million people. Syrian rebels have been clamoring for Western military aid as they fight the regime after it began turning its guns on peaceful demonstrators. Despite the late action the Free Syria the Free Syria Foreign Mission said it was elated by the U.S. strikes. “Thank God. What a momentous day — a day that we have been looking forward to for so, so long,” the Syrian opposition group said. “It’s a big step forward, but we are nonetheless clear-eyed that it will be a prolonged campaign to defeat ISIS.”

Ironically attacks targeting ISIS may help the Syrian Regime. Bashar al-Assad’s regime has said it wants to be informed of any action against ISIS taken in its country and will react harshly to actions taken without its approval. However, the regime has been fighting ISIS and other rebel groups in Syria for three years and U.S. and Coalition attacks on ISIS will allow the regime to target moderate rebel groups in the country.  “It helps him because we’re taking out one of the threats to his regime,” said retired Air Force intelligence officer Lt. Col. Rick Francona. “If we destroy ISIS, which we’re committed to do … that takes the biggest player off the table. And all he has to worry about is the smaller, less effective al Qaeda in Syria — al-Nusra — and the (rebel) Free Syrian Army, both of whom he has bested in the past couple of years.”

According to a statement issued by the United States Decampment of Defense “The strikes destroyed or damaged multiple ISIL targets… and included ISIL fighters, training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks and armed vehicles.”

The airstrikes also targeted the Khorasan group, an al Qaeda affiliated organization. In a statement the United States Department of Defense claims the group represents and imminent threat to the United States and the West.  The statement said “The United States has also taken action to disrupt the imminent attack plotting against the United States and Western interests conducted by a network of seasoned al-Qaeda veterans – sometimes referred to as the Khorasan Group – who have established a safe haven in Syria to develop external attacks, construct and test improvised explosive devices and recruit Westerners to conduct operations.

For more information please see:

ABC News – President Obama Says Airstrikes against ISIS Targets in Syria ‘Not America’s Fight Alone’ – 23 September 2014

Al Jazeera – US and Allies Strike ISIL Targets in Syria – 23 September 2014

CNN International – Obama: Syria Strikes Show ‘This is Not America’s Fight Alone’ – 23 September 2014

CNN International – U.S. Strikes ISIS and Khorasan Inside Syria Live – 23 September 2014

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August 2014