First UN aid convoy arrives in Syria’s northwest through Bab al-Hawa
Idlib, Syria (North Press) – First UN humanitarian aid convoy entered through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey north of Idlib, northwest Syria, after the UN Security Council extended cross-border aid mechanism to Syria.
Eye witnesses told North Press that the convoy included 14 trucks, loaded with aid by World Food Program (WFP), entered through Gilwa Gozo (Bab al-Hawa) border crossing in Hatay province south Turkey.
They went further adding that the UN aid is set to be distributed to those in need in Idlib and its countryside northwest of Syria.
On July 12, the UN Security Council approved to extend lifesaving aid deliveries into northwest Syria through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey for a further six months.
12 countries voted in favor of the resolution, while the United States, Britain and France abstained from voting.
Since July 10, 2020, Bab al-Hawa has been the only crossing kept open to UN aid based on the resolution 2533 (2020), while the use of the others was curtailed.
In July 2014, the UN Security Council adopted the Resolution 2165 which authorized the UN to deliver cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria through four crossings al-Ramtha crossing with Jordan, Bab al-Salam, Bab al-Hawa with Turkey, and al Ya’rubiyah (Tel Kocher) with Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), without the consent of the Syrian government.