US pushes for more UN aid corridors to Syria in wake of devastating earthquakes
The United States is pushing for more safe passage for UN humanitarian aid across the Turkish border into northwestern Syria as the death toll from two devastating earthquakes rises to more than 20,000.Roads along the only United Nations-sanctioned border crossing known as the Bab al-Hawa were badly damaged in the immediate aftermath of Monday's earthquake and the first UN aid convoy did not arrive in Syria until Thursday afternoon. US officials are calling for a UN Security Council resolution that would immediately order the use of any and all access points for the delivery of urgent UN supplies to survivors,…
