UN inquiry commission: Quake aid was slow to reach Syria
1 year, 9 months ago

UN inquiry commission: Quake aid was slow to reach Syria

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The international community and the Syrian government did not act quickly enough last month to help people in need in the rebel-held northwest after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and conflict-ravaged Syria, a U.N.-backed commission said Monday. “Since the earthquake, we have seen many acts to help victims by the Syrians themselves,” commission member Paulo Pinheiro said during a news conference in Geneva. He added that “we also witnessed a complete failure by the government and the international community including the United Nations to rapidly direct urgent lifesaving aid for northwest Syria.” “Many days were lost without any aid to survivors of the earthquake,” Pinheiro said. “Actors didn’t rapidly direct urgent lifesaving aid to northwest Syria which became the epicenter of neglect.” A week after the earthquake, the U.N. announced that Syrian President Bashir Assad agreed to open for three months two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help earthquake victims. Commissioner Hanny Megally said “it’s a shame that all the actors really involved have not been helping in this area and it is difficult of course without proper investigation to say who’s most responsible.” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the U.N. legal position is that it works under the mandate of the U.N. Security Council, which at the time of the quake only mandated aid deliveries to Syria’s northwest through the Bab Al-Hawa crossing.

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Syria’s government extends permission for UN to bring aid through border crossing with Turkey
11 months, 1 week ago

Syria’s government extends permission for UN to bring aid through border crossing with Turkey

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to use a major border crossing with Turkey to bring aid into the country’s rebel-held northwest. Syria’s mission to the U.N. said in a statement late Thursday that the Bab al-Hawa crossing should be “effectively operationalized in a way that contributes to helping people in need …

A UN envoy says the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, adding to growing instability there
1 year, 1 month ago

A UN envoy says the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, adding to growing instability there

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, fueled by growing instability, violence and a lack of progress toward a political solution to its 12-year conflict, the United Nations special envoy for the country said Monday. Pedersen pointed to airstrikes attributed to Israel hitting Syria’s airports in Aleppo and Damascus several times, and retaliation by the United States …

Syrian government extends permission for limited UN aid to opposition areas
1 year, 4 months ago

Syrian government extends permission for limited UN aid to opposition areas

Al Jazeera  

Syrians in rebel-held northwest fear Assad may choke off badly needed aid as Damascus establishes sway over assistance. “We greatly welcome the extension of permission by the government of Syria to utilise the Bab al-Salam and Al Ra’ee border crossings until November 13th,” said UN aid spokesperson Eri Kaneko. ‘Ready to resume operations’ The UN had also been using the …

Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk
1 year, 4 months ago

Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Miliband’s comments came more than two weeks after …

Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk
1 year, 4 months ago

Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — An impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is putting 4.1 million Syrian there in danger, the president of the International Rescue Committee warned this week. David Miliband’s comments came more than two weeks after the U.N. Security Council failed to renew the mandate for the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between …

UN says Syria cross-border aid conditions ‘unacceptable’
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says Syria cross-border aid conditions ‘unacceptable’

Al Jazeera  

UN raises concerns with Damascus’s terms for aid deliveries via the Bab al-Hawa crossing to rebel-held areas in northwest Syria. The United Nations has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries to the country’s northwestern areas from Turkey as “unacceptable”. The agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid also noted that the Syrian government’s request that deliveries be …

Syria gives green light to reopen key crossing to rebel-held northwest from Turkey— with caveats
1 year, 5 months ago

Syria gives green light to reopen key crossing to rebel-held northwest from Turkey— with caveats

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The Syrian government gave a green light Thursday for the United Nations to use a key crossing from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest that was closed earlier this week, but it wants to take away U.N. control over aid deliveries to the region. Syria’s U.N. ambassador, Bassam Sabbagh, said the government is granting the U.N. and …

Medical and aid groups in northwest Syria fear worse conditions if aid flow from Turkey stops
1 year, 5 months ago

Medical and aid groups in northwest Syria fear worse conditions if aid flow from Turkey stops

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — Youssef al-Ramadan says he always feels guilty for having to put his wife and three children to work in order to survive — and now they might not be able to get by since international aid could stop flowing from Turkey. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric underscored Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is not giving up” on trying …

UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval
1 year, 5 months ago

UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday failed to renew authorization of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending a U.N. operation that had been vital to helping a region of 4.1 million people. Nonetheless, Bab al-Hawa remains “the center of gravity” for U.N. cross-border deliveries, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres …

Aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from Turkey certain to continue — but for 6 or 12 months?
1 year, 5 months ago

Aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from Turkey certain to continue — but for 6 or 12 months?

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey is virtually certain to get a green light to continue from the U.N. Security Council — but the big question is for how long. The earthquake caused more than 4,500 deaths in northwest Syria and about 855,000 people had their homes damaged or destroyed, according …

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid
1 year, 5 months ago

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But Russia’s U.N. ambassador, whose country is Syria’s most important ally, called …

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid
1 year, 5 months ago

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line, and that millions face cuts in food aid next month because of a funding shortfall. But Russia’s U.N. ambassador, whose country is Syria’s most important ally, called the cross-border aid deliveries “a zero-sum game” that …

UN aid enters Syrian rebel enclave from government territory in first such crossing since earthquake
1 year, 6 months ago

UN aid enters Syrian rebel enclave from government territory in first such crossing since earthquake

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — A convoy carrying U.N. aid entered Syria’s last rebel-held enclave from government-held territory on Friday, the first such shipment to cross battle lines since February’s deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. After the February earthquake that struck Turkey and northern Syria, causing widespread destruction, convoys have been prevented from entering the province of Idlib from …

Syria extends opening of 2 border crossings with Turkey for quake aid
1 year, 7 months ago

Syria extends opening of 2 border crossings with Turkey for quake aid

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government has agreed to extend by another three months the use of two border crossings with Turkey into the rebel-held northwest that were opened for aid delivery after a deadly earthquake in February, Syrian and U.N. officials said Saturday. Syrian President Bashar Assad had agreed to open the border crossings at Bab al-Salameh and al-Rai …

Syria extends permission on post-quake aid border crossings
1 year, 7 months ago

Syria extends permission on post-quake aid border crossings

Al Jazeera  

Bab Alsalama and al-Ra’i will remain open for an additional period of three months ending on 13 August. Syria has extended permission for the United Nations to use two additional border crossings for post-earthquake aid for three more months, a Syrian official has said. Syria “has decided to extend the permission it granted to the UN and its specialised agencies …

Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after quake
1 year, 7 months ago

Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after quake

Associated Press  

Three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, aid officials who visited the region said Wednesday. Patrick Mutai, a coordinator on shelters at the U.N. refugees agency, said that before the quake, some 2 million people in Syria needed assistance, including 1.8 million people who live in camps. “The earthquake …

UN investigators slam sluggish help for Syria quake victims
1 year, 9 months ago

UN investigators slam sluggish help for Syria quake victims

Al Jazeera  

Panel says the UN, Syrian government and other actors are responsible for delays in getting emergency aid to Syrians. The United Nations, the Syrian government and other actors are responsible for delays in getting emergency aid to Syrians after the devastating earthquakes last month, a UN-appointed commission of inquiry says. The actors failed to secure an immediate pause in hostilities, …

A month after quake, multitudes in Turkey and Syria still need shelter, sanitation
1 year, 9 months ago

A month after quake, multitudes in Turkey and Syria still need shelter, sanitation

LA Times  

A family keeps warm next to a fire amid a huge field of earthquake debris in Antakya, Turkey, on Feb. 15. One month after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10% funded, hampering efforts to tackle …

Turkiye-Syria Earthquake | International community ignores quake-hit Syria, its dead and the dying
1 year, 9 months ago

Turkiye-Syria Earthquake | International community ignores quake-hit Syria, its dead and the dying

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 24, 2023 17:59 IST Deep down in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, not far from the town of Reyhanli, as a few dozen UN trucks carrying relief supplies for Syria’s earthquake-stricken areas pass the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, Muhammed Sheikh, a 42-year-old Syrian who was displaced from Aleppo a decade ago because of the war, mourns …

Why was international aid slow to reach Syria?
1 year, 10 months ago

Why was international aid slow to reach Syria?

Al Jazeera  

As deadly tremors continue to shake Turkey and Syria, international aid has been slow to reach Syria, where decades of civil war have hindered efforts to reach survivors. According to the United Nations, close to nine million people have been affected by the earthquake, and humanitarian needs are at their highest levels. The head of the UN emergency relief operations, …

Explained: How is aid reaching rebel-held northwest area of Syria?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: How is aid reaching rebel-held northwest area of Syria?

Firstpost  

Beirut: Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of United Nations aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and anger. More than four million people live in areas outside government control in Syria’s north and northwest, 90 per cent of whom depend on aid to survive. The …

UN launches $1bn appeal for earthquake aid operations in Turkey
1 year, 10 months ago

UN launches $1bn appeal for earthquake aid operations in Turkey

Al Jazeera  

After launching a $400m appeal for Syrians, the United Nations has now appealed for funds for the Turkish relief operation. The United Nations has appealed for more than $1bn in funds for the Turkish earthquake relief operation, just two days after launching a $400m appeal for Syrians. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, who visited Turkey last week, said on Thursday …

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

Associated Press  

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria produced more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. Here’s a look at key developments Wednesday from the aftermath of the earthquakes: DEFYING ODDS AFTER NINE DAYS A woman and her two children – a boy and a girl …

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here's a look at key developments Wednesday from the …

Explained | Why is it difficult to send aid to earthquake-affected parts of northwestern Syria?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | Why is it difficult to send aid to earthquake-affected parts of northwestern Syria?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The death toll in the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in the early hours of February 6 rose above 35,000 on Tuesday, with around 31,643 people dead in Turkey and 3,581 dead in Syria. On February 14, President Assad allowed the opening of two more crossing points at Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra’ee for …

Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Assad Agrees to Open Two More Border Crossing Points for Aid Delivery
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Assad Agrees to Open Two More Border Crossing Points for Aid Delivery

News 18  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday announced that two border crossing points between Turkey and north-west Syria, at Bab al-Salam and Al Ra’ee will be opened for three months to allow larger volume of emergency aid for those affected by the earthquake in northwestern Syria, according to the Guardian. The decision was welcomed by UN secretary general, António Guterres, as …

Syria agrees to open two new crossings for earthquake aid: United Nations
1 year, 10 months ago

Syria agrees to open two new crossings for earthquake aid: United Nations

The Hindu  

Syria’s President agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help millions of earthquake victims, the United Nations announced on February 13. Mr. Guterres’ official announcement came during a closed meeting of the U.N. Security Council where diplomats said Mr. Griffiths announced Mr. Assad’s agreement to …

UN says Syria agrees to open 2 new crossings for quake aid
1 year, 10 months ago

UN says Syria agrees to open 2 new crossings for quake aid

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s president agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help millions of earthquake victims, the United Nations announced Monday. Syria’s U.N. ambassador, Bassam Sabbagh, told reporters while the meeting was taking place that Assad held a “positive and constructive meeting” with Griffiths …

Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing

Al Jazeera  

Eleven trucks carrying humanitarian assistance passed from Turkey to northwestern Syria through the Bab al-Salam crossing, UN says. Another 26 inter-agency trucks went through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, until now the only entry point for UN humanitarian aid to directly reach people in opposition-held northwestern Syria. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the scale of the devastation caused by the …

Rescue phase after Turkey-Syria earthquake 'coming to a close', says UN aid chief
1 year, 10 months ago

Rescue phase after Turkey-Syria earthquake 'coming to a close', says UN aid chief

Firstpost  

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, during a visit to Syria, said that urgency now will switch to shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care Aleppo: The phase of the rescue after the major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria a week ago is “coming to a close” with urgency now switching to shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care, the UN aid chief …

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 35,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 35,000

The Hindu  

The toll from last week’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless. While hundreds of rescue teams were still working, efforts had ended in seven parts of the province, he added Lack of …

Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000

Associated Press  

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 33,000 people. In the Syrian capital of Damascus, the head of the World Health Organization warned that the …

Islamist group preventing aid into earthquake hit northern Syria: UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Islamist group preventing aid into earthquake hit northern Syria: UN

Firstpost  

Northern Syria, largely controlled by the HTS, is amongst the worst hit in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria on Monday that has, so far, killed more than 28,000 people in both countries New Delhi: The much-needed aid for Earthquake hit northern Syria has been held up by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a United Nations …

Aid needs are immense as Turkey-Syria death toll crosses 29,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Aid needs are immense as Turkey-Syria death toll crosses 29,000

Al Jazeera  

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double. Rescuers have pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble in Hatay, Turkey, nearly a week after earthquakes devastated the country as well as neighbouring Syria and killed more than 29,000 people. According to Syrian government-controlled media, at least 1,408 people were …

Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid, as rescues continue
1 year, 10 months ago

Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid, as rescues continue

Associated Press  

Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people from the rubble four days after a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 23,000 in Turkey and Syria. ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS: — Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in quake aftermath — Powerful quakes link Turkey, Syria and Japan in suffering — Turkey’s lax policing of …

UN calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Syria to facilitate earthquake aid
1 year, 10 months ago

UN calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Syria to facilitate earthquake aid

Firstpost  

Geneva: The United Nations rights chief called on Friday for an immediate ceasefire in Syria to help facilitate bringing aid to all victims of the region’s devastating earthquake. “UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria, and full respect for human rights and humanitarian law obligations so help can reach everyone,” it added. The rebel-held areas …

More than 21,000 people killed in Turkey-Syria earthquake
1 year, 10 months ago

More than 21,000 people killed in Turkey-Syria earthquake

Firstpost  

Chances of finding survivors have dimmed now that the 72-hour mark that experts consider the most likely period to save lives has passed Ankara: The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded. But in a …

Syria approves aid delivery to rebel-held areas affected by quake
1 year, 10 months ago

Syria approves aid delivery to rebel-held areas affected by quake

Al Jazeera  

Approval for humanitarian deliveries to rebel-held northwest could speed up help for millions of affected people. The Syrian government has approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas not under its control in the quake-hit rebel-held northwest of the country, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of survivors. “The Council of Ministers approves …

Turkey, Syria quake: Nine lakh people battle hunger, winter; death toll nears 23,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey, Syria quake: Nine lakh people battle hunger, winter; death toll nears 23,000

New Indian Express  

The stench of death hung over Turkey's eastern city of Kahramanmaras -- the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor that upturned millions of lives in a remote region filled with people displaced by war in the pre-dawn hours of Monday. Starting from scratch A group of Turkish Black Sea coast coal miners -- experts in rescuing their own colleagues -- …

Turkey’s catastrophic earthquake puts Syria in the spotlight
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey’s catastrophic earthquake puts Syria in the spotlight

Al Jazeera  

The Take looks at why it has been harder for aid to reach northern Syria. Emergency aid is pouring into southeastern Turkey after Monday’s earthquakes, but why is it so much harder for aid to reach northern Syria? In this episode: Ammar, NGO worker living in Gaziantep, Turkey Emad, NGO worker living in Gaziantep Alper Ilki, president of the Turkish …

Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave
1 year, 10 months ago

Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

Associated Press  

BAB AL-HAWA, Syria — A small convoy crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest Thursday with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days after the devastating earthquake killed thousands. Before the convoy of six trucks, the only cargo coming across the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkey-Syria border was …

First UN convoy since quake enters northwest Syria from Turkey
1 year, 10 months ago

First UN convoy since quake enters northwest Syria from Turkey

Al Jazeera  

Six trucks have crossed into northwestern Syria from Turkey for the first time since the earthquake on Monday. The first United Nations aid convoy since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on Monday has crossed into northwest Syria from Turkey, the UN has confirmed. Six trucks of “shelter items and non-food item kits, including blankets and hygiene kits” reached Bab al-Hawa …

Syria longs for international aid amid earthquake devastation
1 year, 10 months ago

Syria longs for international aid amid earthquake devastation

Al Jazeera  

The flow of critical UN aid to northwest Syria has been halted, as politics hampers assistance to government-held areas. Watch the moment a little girl was saved after rescuers dug through rubble to pull her out from a collapsed building in Syria ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/D0XNtaoKPv — Al Jazeera English February 7, 2023 Delivering aid to north-west Syria Countries around the world …

UN extends critical aid from Turkey to Syria’s rebel north
1 year, 11 months ago

UN extends critical aid from Turkey to Syria’s rebel north

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after the vote that cross-border aid remains “an indispensable lifeline for 4.1 million people in northwest Syria.” The vote, the U.N. chief stressed, “comes …

UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria
1 year, 11 months ago

UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria

Al Jazeera  

Highest UN decision-making body votes unanimously to keep aid flowing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region. The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said after the vote that cross-border humanitarian operations “remain an …

Syria could return ‘to larger-scale fighting’, UN warns
2 years, 3 months ago

Syria could return ‘to larger-scale fighting’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN report finds ‘grave violations of fundamental human rights and humanitarian law’ have increased across the country. Millions are suffering and dying in displacement camps, while resources are becoming scarcer and donor fatigue is rising,” said Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, chair of the UN’s Syria commission. In recent months, an intensification along Syria’s northern front has increased the suffering of citizens, …

UN extends Syria aid deliveries from Turkey by six months
2 years, 5 months ago

UN extends Syria aid deliveries from Turkey by six months

Al Jazeera  

Security Council votes to allow aid deliveries from Turkey to continue until January 10 to people in northwest Syria. The UN Security Council has agreed to extend the authorisation for cross-border aid deliveries to people in Syria by six months, reaching a deal on its third attempt after the mandate for the operation expired. The operation delivers badly needed humanitarian …

Concerns over UN aid delivery amid fears Syria crossing may close
2 years, 5 months ago

Concerns over UN aid delivery amid fears Syria crossing may close

Al Jazeera  

Lack of agreement regarding humanitarian aid deliveries is likely to affect more than four million citizens in northwest Syria. Residents of Syria’s rebel-held northwest may lose access to critical aid within weeks if the United Nations Security Council does not extend the authorisation for cross-border deliveries, which expires on Sunday, officials said. Without an agreement, the aid deliveries stopped two …

UN extends Syria aid operation mandate
3 years, 5 months ago

UN extends Syria aid operation mandate

The Hindu  

The United Nations Security Council agreed on July 9 to extend cross-border aid deliveries into Syria for another 12 months. Prior to July 9's unanimous UNSC vote, Russia had said the last border crossing at Bab al-Hawa in northwestern Syria should be closed. The UN and other parties rejected the idea of the Assad regime controlling the distribution of goods …

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