The UN Security Council has finally reached a compromise, agreeing to keep one checkpoint in militant-controlled Idlib open for aid deliveries from Turkey. After vetoing two initial drafts, Russia and China abstained from voting.
Seeking to limit the number of border crossings outside of Syrian government control, Russia vetoed two Western resolutions and had two counter-proposals fail over the past week. A deal was finally reached on Saturday night to keep just one checkpoint in militant-controlled territory open for the next 12 months – Bab Al-Hawa, which is used for over 80 percent of UN deliveries to northwestern Syria.
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