U.S. pushes for more U.N. aid corridors to Syria in wake of devastating earthquakes

[Grim Reaper 6]

The U.S is pushing for more safe passages for U.N. humanitarian aid across the Turkish border into northwestern Syria as the death toll from two devastating earthquakes climbs to over 20,000. The roads along the only United Nations authorized border crossing known as Bab al-Hawa were badly damaged in the immediate aftermath of Monday’s quake and the first U.N. aid convoy did not reach Syria until Thursday afternoon.  U.S. officials are calling for a U.N. Security Council Resolution immediately mandating the use of any and all access points for U.N. delivery of urgent supplies to the survivors, a U.N. official with knowledge of the negotiations in the security council told NBC News.

The U.S. move comes in answer to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres’s call for member countries to explore all possible avenues to get aid and personnel into the rebel-held area still reeling from civil war. But U.N. Security Council approval of the safe passages has dwindled in the face of growing opposition by Russia and China, which say the crossings are a violation of Syria’s sovereignty. Now only one U.N.-mandated corridor across the Turkish border remains open.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-pushes-for-more-u-n-aid-corridors-to-syria-in-wake-of-devastating-earthquakes/ar-AA17iVTn?cvid=841a399368d4429d940c308621fc4f14

[acidhead]

Things the U.S. government could do immediately to help in Syria: 

1. End the sanctions on the Syrian government

2. Stop stealing Syria's oil 

3. Stop occupying North Eastern Syria 

4. Ask permission to come onto their sovereign land

Edited February 10, 2023 by acidhead