United Nations (United States) - Russia on yesterday called for changes to a UN measure allowing cross-border deliveries of humanitarian aid to millions of Syrians living in rebel-held areas. The United Nations maintains that the cross-border deliveries are a lifeline to Syrians living in rebel-held territory because the government in Damascus has heavily restricted aid shipments to those areas. Nearly three million Syrians receive aid delivered from across the border, according to UN officials. The council is expected to vote in December on the draft resolution renewing the aid deliveries, which expires on January 10. Aid operations in Syria, the UN's largest relief effort, have continued despite little progress by UN diplomats to end the war.

Source: Philippine Star November 29, 2018 17:26 UTC