The current one-year mandate for aid through Bab al-Hawa expires on Saturday. Then, all 15 members of the Security Council met together and agreed on the compromise resolution that was unanimously approved. It would have required another Security Council vote when the six-month extension expired on Jan. 10, but the resolution approved Friday will not require another vote. The Security Council approved four border crossings when aid deliveries began in 2014, three years after the start of the Syrian conflict. But last week, Nebenzia called that idea “a non-starter,” so Norway and Ireland revised their proposal to just keeping the Bab al-Hawa crossing open.

Source: ABC News July 09, 2021 15:56 UTC