The UN Security Council Should Renew Cross-Border Aid for Syrians

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021. © 2021 Associated Press In less than two weeks, the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council will make a decision that affects the lives of more than 4.1 million people in northwestern Syria: whether to allow the UN and its partners to continue providing lifesaving humanitarian aid to Syria from across its border with Turkey. More than ten years of conflict have fragmented Syria, decimating its infrastructure and social services in ways that…

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