Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The UN Security Council on Friday extended a deal that would allow cross-border humanitarian aid to continue flowing into Syria. This comes after a last minute compromise between the U.S. and Russia promising to help millions of Syrians for the next 12 months.
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