U.N. to Bypass Assad in Delivering Aid to Syrians
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to push aid deliveries into Syria without the previously needed approval of the Syrian government, which called the move an attack on its sovereignty.
The humanitarian help will cross into Syria from Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, possibly by the end of the week.
“It’s a good, strong resolution and it should make a significant difference on the ground, and we hope that these cross-border operations will be up and running in days,” Mark Lyall Grant, the British ambassador, told reporters.
He said the aim is to “make a massive difference because an additional 1.3 million people could be reached in these hard-to-reach areas across the borders.”
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