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UN ends aid to northwest Syria after Security Council fails to renew approval
Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on February 10, 2023
THE United Nations security council on Tuesday failed to renew authorisation of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held north-west from neighbouring Turkey.
This officially ended a UN operation that had been vital to helping a region of 4.1 million people.
The council failed to adopt either of two rival resolutions to authorise further deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, where the latest six-month mandate expired on Monday.
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