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Quake-hit Syria approves aid delivery to rebel-held areas

Fri Feb 10, 2023 09:04 PM
Last update on: Fri Feb 10, 2023 09:11 PM

AFP, Damascus, Syria

Fri Feb 10, 2023 09:04 PM Last update on: Fri Feb 10, 2023 09:11 PM

Syrians gather at the opposition-held Bab al-Salama crossing with Turkey in the northern Aleppo province on February 10, 2023, to demand the reopening of the border point to allow humanitarian aid to enter Syria following a deadly earthquake. Photo: AFP

The Syrian government said on Friday it had approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to areas outside its control in the quake-hit rebel-held northwest of the country.

"The Council of Ministers approves... the delivery of humanitarian aid to all parts of the Syrian Arab Republic," a cabinet statement said, adding that its distribution should be supervised by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent with UN help.