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UN chief says Syria’s Assad agrees to expand UN aid access from Turkey

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths in Damascus, Syria February 13, 2023.

United Nations Reuters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to allow United Nations aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria through two border crossings from Turkey for three months, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday. Assad agreed to open the crossings of Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra’ee, Guterres said in a statement after UN aid […]