Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to open two new border crossings to allow aid to enter the country’s rebel-held northwest, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said on Monday, though details about the plan have yet to emerge.
The death toll across Turkey and Syria surpassed 36,000.
More than 31,600 are dead in Turkey, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said Monday. Some 1,414 people have died in the government-controlled portion of Syria, according to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency , and the rebel-run Syrian Salvation Government’s Health Ministry reported a further 3,160 deaths.on Monday. The border will open at Bab al-Salam and Al Ra’ee “for an initial period of three months,” the U.N.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson Madevi Sun-Suon told The Post early Tuesday. In total, 58 U.N. vehicles brought aid into the country between Feb. 9 and Feb. 13.for the displaced,
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