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January 11th, 2023 
Awake Goy 
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously voted to allow cross-border aid to enter north-west Syria via the Turkish border, after months of the usual scepticism of whether Russia would approve the policy. In yesterday's vote at the UNSC, Russia surprised many by supporting the resolution to allow the continuation of cross-border aid into Syria's rebel-held north-western Idlib province, enabling aid deliveries through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing from Turkiye into the province until 10 July. The resolution – which requires authorisation by the 15-member Council due to Syrian regime authorities not agreeing to the humanitarian operation – encourages efforts to improve aid deliveries across conflict lines, and urges all 193 UN member states to respond to Syria's "complex […] Source
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