UN to Combatants: Let Humanitarian Aid Into Syria

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding that all combatants in Syria allow the urgent delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to more than 13.6 million people. The resolution expresses "outrage'' at the escalating violence in Syria and extends the authorization for cross-border aid deliveries without government approval until January 10, 2017. The council said it was "gravely distressed by the continued deterioration of the...

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