US: Syria Aid Efforts Hampered by Ongoing Impasse in Negotiations

U.S. efforts to get badly needed aid from Turkey to Syria are being hampered by the ongoing impasse in negotiations and the Syrian government’s continuing siege on areas held by opposition groups, including those supported by Washington. Food scarce As a result, U.S. officials say, nearly 20 towns have been deprived of food and humanitarian shipments, in some cases, for years, and food shortages are intensifying. It is against this backdrop that the U.S., Britain, and France have...

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