Russia vetoes UN resolution extending cross-border aid to Syria
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia vetoes UN resolution extending cross-border aid to Syria

Al Jazeera  

Resolution would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus’ backing. Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus’s backing. The extension would also be conditional on a “substantive report” by the secretary-general, including on the operation’s transparency, progress on channelling aid across the front line, and progress on meeting humanitarian needs. “It is unfathomable that one security council member, Russia, put their own political interests above the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people,” she said.

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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 …

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 …

Russia vetoes UN vote to extend key Syria aid route
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia vetoes UN vote to extend key Syria aid route

Al Jazeera  

Russia proposes authorisation only be extended for six months rather than a nine-month compromise. Russia has blocked a nine-month extension of a key Syria aid route at the United Nations Security Council, throwing the vital mechanism that provides life-saving support to millions of people into doubt. Russia’s Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia, signalled that the aid operation would not …

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 …

Vital aid access for Syria to be voted on again at the UNSC
1 year, 5 months ago

Vital aid access for Syria to be voted on again at the UNSC

Al Jazeera  

Aid for opposition-held areas of Syria is a divisive topic in the UN Security Council, with the ever-present threat of a Russian veto. The United Nations Security Council will vote once again on Monday to renew permission for the UN to deliver humanitarian aid to northwest Syria from a crossing on the border with Turkey. The UN also supports a …

Syrians decry looming end to cross-border aid from Turkey
1 year, 5 months ago

Syrians decry looming end to cross-border aid from Turkey

Al Jazeera  

People in northwest Syria fear ‘death by starvation’ as UN authorisation of aid deliveries is set to expire on Monday. The Bab al-Hawa border crossing is the sole gateway for UN humanitarian aid to enter northwestern Syria after repeated Russian objections that have reduced the number of crossings from four to just one. Since 2014, the UN has been using …

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  

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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 …

Turkiye-Syria Earthquake | International community ignores quake-hit Syria, its dead and the dying
1 year, 10 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 …

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 …

Syria's Assad could reap rewards from aid crossing deal
1 year, 10 months ago

Syria's Assad could reap rewards from aid crossing deal

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. for both sides,” Daher said, allowing the rebels “to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Aid convoy enters Syrian rebel area ahead of key UN vote
1 year, 11 months ago

Aid convoy enters Syrian rebel area ahead of key UN vote

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — A humanitarian convoy on Sunday delivered urgently needed supplies to Syria’s last rebel stronghold, a day before the U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution that would determine whether aid deliveries to the war-stricken territory can continue. Russia, which is allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad, has moved to replace humanitarian aid crossing the …

UN to vote on aid deliveries to Syria's rebel-held northwest
1 year, 11 months ago

UN to vote on aid deliveries to Syria's rebel-held northwest

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. Read our privacy policy The U.N. Security Council is …

It is time to rethink how we deliver aid to Syria
2 years ago

It is time to rethink how we deliver aid to Syria

Al Jazeera  

A crucial UN Security Council resolution authorising cross-border aid deliveries to Syria without the approval of the Syrian government is due to expire in January. First, it should be recognised that Russia’s approval is not needed to deliver cross-border aid to Syria under International Humanitarian Law. However, as a recent report commissioned by the American Relief Coalition for Syria compellingly …

UN limits aid to Syrian rebels to 6 months in a Russian win
2 years, 5 months ago

UN limits aid to Syrian rebels to 6 months in a Russian win

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday extending humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest for just six months in a victory for Russia. Ireland and Norway, which Ireland’s U.N. ambassador, Geraldine Byrne Nason, said before the vote that after difficult negotiations the two countries redoubled efforts to find a way to …

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 …

Syrians call for aid crossing to remain open ahead of key UN vote
2 years, 5 months ago

Syrians call for aid crossing to remain open ahead of key UN vote

Al Jazeera  

The UN Security Council will vote on whether to keep using the only border crossing available for UN humanitarian aid. Idlib, Syria – Humanitarian organisations in northwestern Syria have held a sit-in demanding the United Nations Security Council keep a vital humanitarian aid crossing open. “Suspending the procedure by which humanitarian aid passes through the border and instead goes through …

Syrians fear effects of Russia blocking aid to rebel area
2 years, 5 months ago

Syrians fear effects of Russia blocking aid to rebel area

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. Now, she fears Russia — perhaps seeking to retaliate …

Ireland, Norway, Turkey want U.N. to extend aid to Syria
2 years, 6 months ago

Ireland, Norway, Turkey want U.N. to extend aid to Syria

The Hindu  

The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue, warning on Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed. Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador has told the U.N. Security Council that Moscow sees no reason to continue humanitarian aid deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border gate. …

How crucial is Russia for humanitarian aid efforts in Syria?
2 years, 7 months ago

How crucial is Russia for humanitarian aid efforts in Syria?

The Hindu  

As Russia's war in Ukraine rages on, the E.U. Lifeline to Syira's northwest Humanitarian organizations fear that Russia's isolation from the donor conference could be detrimental to humanitarian aid efforts, especially in northwestern Syria. Currently, only one U.N.-mandated cross-border humanitarian aid channel — the Bab al-Hawa crossing in northwest Syria, has been allowed to remain open until July 2022, after …

UN extends Syria cross-border aid without Security Council vote
2 years, 11 months ago

UN extends Syria cross-border aid without Security Council vote

Al Jazeera  

Bab al-Hawa crossing serves three million people in Idlib region, allowing passage of aid without going through government channels in Damascus. Cross-border humanitarian aid to northwest Syria has been extended de facto for six months without a new vote at the United Nations Security Council. In his December report, UN chief Antonio Guterres had stressed the impossibility of replacing at …

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 …

UN approves extension of aid from Turkey to rebel-held Syria
3 years, 5 months ago

UN approves extension of aid from Turkey to rebel-held Syria

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the delivery of humanitarian aid from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria for six months with another six months virtually guaranteed after a U.S.-Russia deal, an agreement the U.N. said will provide lifesaving aid to over 3.4 million people in desperate need of food and other assistance. Ambassador Vassily …

UN Security Council extends Syria cross-border aid
3 years, 5 months ago

UN Security Council extends Syria cross-border aid

Al Jazeera  

The 15-member council unanimously adopted a last-minute compromise resolution that allows the extension of the cross-border operation. The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a cross-border aid operation into Syria from Turkey that ensures UN aid access to millions of Syrians for 12 months. Following negotiations between Thomas-Greenfield and Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia on Friday morning, the 15-member …

UN draft resolution calls for Syrian aid through 2 crossings
3 years, 5 months ago

UN draft resolution calls for Syrian aid through 2 crossings

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. The draft resolution circulated by Norway and Ireland and …

‘Catastrophic’ consequences: Dire warning over Syria aid shutdown
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Catastrophic’ consequences: Dire warning over Syria aid shutdown

Al Jazeera  

Critics say if UN Security Council fails to renew cross-border relief operation, it will be ‘catastrophic’ for civilians in northwest Syria. Millions of people in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province face “catastrophic” consequences if a cross-border aid operation is shut down during a Security Council vote next month, humanitarian advocates warned. “We want the UN Security Council to renew the cross-border …

‘Life and death’: Will Syria’s last UN aid delivery point close?
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Life and death’: Will Syria’s last UN aid delivery point close?

Al Jazeera  

NGOs fear medical shortages and hunger for millions in Idlib province if the UN does not re-authorise the Bab al-Hawa border crossing. “We’re short on medicine and surgical equipment but when we get it, it’s delivered through Bab al-Hawa.” Four humanitarian border-crossings into war-torn Syria were set up by the Security Council in July 2014 but in subsequent renewals of …

US envoy: Syrians face ‘senseless cruelty’ if border is shut
3 years, 6 months ago

US envoy: Syrians face ‘senseless cruelty’ if border is shut

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — The closure of a final humanitarian border crossing into Syrian could cause “senseless cruelty” to millions of Syrians, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, renewing a call for the U.N. Security Council to extend authorization for the delivery of cross-border humanitarian assistance. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the comments at the end of a three-day …

US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians
3 years, 6 months ago

US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to Syria across borders, a program Russia has severely limited in recent years while insisting the Syrian government should control all assistance to millions in need. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said in an …

US urges UN to stop making aid to Syria a political issue
3 years, 8 months ago

US urges UN to stop making aid to Syria a political issue

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Monday to stop making humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria a political issue and open more border crossings to get food and other help to 13.4 million people in need. He accused aid groups of discriminating against Damascus-controlled regions and refusing to fund Syria’s recovery …

UN votes to limit aid to Syria’s rebel-held region to single crossing
4 years, 5 months ago

UN votes to limit aid to Syria’s rebel-held region to single crossing

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. Read our privacy policy Russia scored a victory for …

UN renews Syria aid via Turkey but one of two access points shut
4 years, 5 months ago

UN renews Syria aid via Turkey but one of two access points shut

Al Jazeera  

Millions of displaced Syrians in northwest to have only one border crossing to get aid as Russia prevails over UN vote. The United Nations Security Council has approved aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey, but only after caving in to Russian pressure to close one of the two access points into the war-torn country. 200710174418945 Russia and China, which hold …

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