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NPR: At the UN, Russia forces reduced access for aid to Syrians

By NPR.

Published July 12, 2020. Updated July 12 at 6:12 am

A Syrian boy looks at Russian and US military vehicles in the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah at the border with Turkey, on June 3, 2020.

Photo by AFP

A divided United Nations Security Council approved a resolution on Saturday to allow just one border crossing — instead of the current two — to remain open for U.N. aid convoys into Syria, dealing another blow to a humanitarian assistance program for millions of displaced people.