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In rebuke to Russia, Blinken presses UN to quit politicizing Syria aid

Blinken called on the UN Security Council to reauthorize a cross-border aid operation into Syria despite Russian and Chinese opposition.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday demanded aid workers be granted unhindered access to war-torn Syria, calling on the UN Security Council to scale up humanitarian assistance provided to a population whose lives depend on it. 

“Stop making humanitarian assistance on which millions of Syrians’ lives depend a political issue,” Blinken said, pressing the 15-member council to “stop enabling the obstruction of aid.”

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