Closing Syria aid route would be ‘catastrophe’, UN warned
by Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#60F3Z)
Russia expected to use security council veto to block resolution to keep open Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Idlib from Turkey
The last remaining UN humanitarian aid route into Syria looks set to be shut down in a vote at the body's security council next month, another casualty of the collapse in relations between the west and Russia.
On 10 July the council is due to vote on whether to keep open the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, which helps service rebel-held Idlib.
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