FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016 file photo, people gather to take basic food stuffs and other aid from community leaders charged with distributing equitably the supplies to the 64,000-person refugee camp called Ruqban on the Jordan-Syria border. Over the last two days, members of the UN Security Council have been haggling over cross-border aid delivery to Syria, with Russia, a major ally of the Syria government, working to reduce the delivery of U.N.
U.N. officials and humanitarian groups argued unsuccessfully — along with the vast majority of the U.N. Security Council — that the two crossing points in operation until their mandate expired Friday were essential for getting help to millions of needy people in Syria’s northwest, especially with the first case of COVID-19 recently reported in the region.The Security Council vote approving a single crossing from Turkey was 12-0, with Russia, China and the Dominican Republic abstaining.
In January, Russia also scored a victory for Syria, using its veto threat to force the Security Council to adopt a resolution reducing the number of crossing points for aid deliveries from four to two, from Turkey to the northwest. It also cut in half the yearlong mandate that had been in place since cross-border deliveries began in 2014 to six months.
He said cross-border aid to Syria’s northwest doesn’t comply with international law because the U.N. has no presence in the region, which he described as being controlled “by international terrorists and fighters” that make it impossible to control and monitor who gets aid. “This is what we tried to do over these past weeks, to get the optimum to the population,” Heusgen said.
Still, Craft called the authorization of access through Bab al-Hawa for 12 months “a victory” in light of Russia and China’s “willingness to use their veto to compel a dramatic reduction in humanitarian assistance.”
We’re getting in the way of peace, let’s just admit Russia outplayed us and stop prolonging the agony. The way to stop the suffering is to stop the war.
Guess Russia is controlling the whole Mid East now that we’ve capitulated.
Bashar al-Assad's regime is a foolish dictatorial regime that has mortgaged all the pillars of the state to the Russians and the Iranians, so when does it step away from power and the occupied Russia and Iran leave the Syrian lands to live in peace with everyone?
Shame on them.
The United States is unhelmed
👏🏻👏🏻God Bless this one way IN+OUT passage✊🏻✊🏻
Really who cares? Absolutely nothing positive comes out of that part of the world! There is absolutely no strategic interest there. Let the Germans handle it or French, they always seem to talks good game
Yup. To prevent aid delivery to western-backed terrorists.
I can only hope that humanitarian aid will be given to ALL those in need and not just Assad's loyals. The Oxfam scandal has taught me to be careful in not believing that all people, who work in the field, have good intentions, especially when Russia is involved.
Syria was Obama’s war. He funded these “rebel” groups who turned out to be ISIS.
Made possible by Trump.
Remember to donate to refugee assistance programs and organizations like doctors without Borders. The camps are in dire straits
Muy buena maniobra para no permitir el abastecimiento estadounidense a los rebeldes.
Which they’ll bomb to make it impossible to cross.
Great job UN
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'Humanitarian aid' = weapons to isis
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