U.N. extends aid route to rebel-held Syria

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a compromise to keep open Syria’s last non-government controlled border crossing for humanitarian aid.

By Arete News - July 8, 2021

An informal tented settlement in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley for Syrian refugee families (AN/Russell Watkins)

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