The head of a Syrian opposition-run rescue group on Tuesday denounced a U.N. decision to give Syrian President Bashar al Assad authorisation over aid deliveries through border crossings with Turkey, saying it gave him 'free political gain'.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths in Damascus, Syria February 13, 2023. Syrian Presidency/Handout via REUTERSAMMAN, Feb 14 - The head of a Syrian opposition-run rescue group on Tuesday denounced a U.N.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday Assad had agreed to allow U.N. aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria through two crossings on the border with Turkey for three months. "This is shocking and we are at loss at how the U.N. is behaving," Raed al Saleh, head of the rescue group known as the White Helmets, told Reuters.The opposition-held enclave in northwest Syria was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershocks on Feb. 6, which killed more than 37,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
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