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David Miliband, the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
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DISAGREEMENT at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is putting the 4.1 million Syrians there in danger, the president of the International Rescue Committee warned.
David Miliband’s comments came in an interview with Associated Press reported today over two weeks after the UN security council failed to renew the mandate for the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, which secures aid for Syrians in the enclave.
The vast majority of people in north-western Syria live in poverty and rely on aid to survive but the crisis was worsened by a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria in February.
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