UN authorizes Syria aid deliveries for another year

UN authorizes Syria aid deliveries for another year
The UN Security Council on Thursday (Dec. 13) approved a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries across Syria, AFP reported.

The move came despite reluctance from Russia, which called to amend the period to six months.

The United States along with the majority of the Council members, however, approved the one-year extension, citing Syria's dire need for humanitarian supplies.

More than 4.3 million people need aid in areas not controlled by the Assad regime, according to the United Nations.

That figure includes more than three million people who can only be reached via cross-border operations.

The US believes there is no credible alternative to such deliveries, and has accused the regime of distributing aid unequally at the expense of communities considered less loyal to Damascus during the eight-year conflict.

The first resolution on cross-border aid was adopted unanimously in 2014.

Aid operations in Syria, the UN's largest relief effort, have continued despite little progress by UN diplomats to end the war.

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