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UN Struggles to Reach Needy Syrians

The United Nations said Thursday that it is still facing significant Syrian government-imposed obstacles that are hampering the delivery of life-saving aid to scores of civilians in the war-torn country. “We have capacity to deliver to hundreds of thousands of people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas every month and we are ready to move,” U.N. aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the U.N. Security Council in his monthly update on Syria. “The fault is not at the door of the U.N. or the...

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