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Women walk in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria, March 12, 2020
THE UNITED Nations security council agreed a resolution to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to areas of northern Syria under the control of jihadist organisations today.
The six-month mandate was passed by delegates after a similar proposal tabled by Russia was rejected last Friday.
Security council members had been at loggerheads after Russia used its veto to block a resolution calling for a year-long extension proposed by Ireland and Norway last week.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
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