• UN no longer consults the government before sending aid into Syria
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28476873[/url] [quote]The United Nations has sent its first aid convoy into Syria without the consent of the government in Damascus. It comes a week after the UN adopted a resolution allowing aid deliveries without the Syrian government's approval. Nine trucks carrying food and sanitation supplies entered Syria from Turkey on Thursday, officials said. The UN says more than 10.8 million Syrians are in need of aid after more than three years of brutal civil war. More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria and over 9 million have been displaced from their homes by the fighting, which began in 2011 as an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.[/quote]
Good, they really need it. Why would they not approve it though, that doesn't make any sense. I take it they're trying to punish their citizens or something for the war?
[QUOTE=LSK;45492557]Good, they really need it. Why would they not approve it though, that doesn't make any sense. I take it they're trying to punish their citizens or something for the war?[/QUOTE] I think it's so they don't need to involve Damascus when distributing aid.
Rebel-controlled areas weren't getting any aid because Damascus still had to approve it
[QUOTE=LSK;45492557]Good, they really need it. Why would they not approve it though, that doesn't make any sense. I take it they're trying to punish their citizens or something for the war?[/QUOTE] I guess for fear that the aid might end up in the hands of their enemies helping the rebel effort?
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