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Humanitarian aid deliveries expected to be allowed across Syria-Turkey border
Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on February 10, 2023

THE delivery of humanitarian aid to north-west Syria from neighbouring Turkey was expected to get a green light to temporarily continue from the United Nations security council today.

The council’s authorisation for aid deliveries via the Bab al-Hawa crossing expired today, but two extension resolutions were due to be voted on.

A Russian resolution would continue aid deliveries for six months and a Brazil-Switzerland resolution, backed by most council members and secretary-general Antonio Guterres, would authorise a 12-month extension.

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