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Finland and Idlib: security reports from early January 2022
Summary
A look back at two security developments reported in the first days of 2022, in Finland and in north-west Syria.
What did the first days of 2022 bring on the security front? By 6 January 2022, two developments had been reported, one diplomatic and one military.
On 1 January 2022, Finland rejected Russian demands that it never join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. President Sauli Niinistö said it was his country's right to join the military alliance if it wanted to.
On 2 January 2022, the rebel-held city of Idlib in Syria lost its water supply after Russian Air Force jets bombed a nearby water station. Airstrikes had increased over the previous 24 hours. Attacks were also reported on farms near the Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing, and on camps for internally displaced people near Jisr al-Shughur, where three people were killed.
Both events involved Russia: one as the source of demands over NATO membership, the other as the operator of the aircraft in Syria's civil war.
