The United Nations announced that 70% of Syria's population is in need of humanitarian aid, as a devastating earthquake has exacerbated an already precarious situation.
, compounded by the February earthquake that devastated the rebel-held northwest, was spelled out to the Security Council by the U.N. humanitarian office’s operations director Edem Wosornu.
Wosornu urged generous pledges and the swift release of funds at a European Union hosted conference in Brussels on June 14-15. She said"Syrians need the support of the international community now more than at any time in the past 12 years."UYGHUR STUDENT DID NOT GO MISSING IN HONG KONG AFTER BEING INTERROGATED AT AIRPORT, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
Nebenzia expressed concern that while cross-border aid was flowing and funded, the appeal to help millions of others in acute need in Syria is only 9% funded. It's"a very odd moral imperative," if aid"only applies to the terrorists in Idlib and it does not apply to the country as a whole." U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the United States will seek a council resolution to extend aid deliveries through the three border crossings currently operating: Bab Al-Hawa, which was the single crossing Russia would allow to remain open in January, as well as Bab Al-Salam and Al Raée, which Syria’s President Bashar Assad agreed to open after the quake, which killed over 6,000 in Syria and has displaced over 330,000.
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