Russia rejects renewing aid from Iraq to Syria's northeast

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53% : In this June 3, 2021 handout file photo provided by the US Embassy in Turkey, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, examines aid materials at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Turkey and Syria.
50% : UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia´s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday called a proposal to reopen a border crossing from Iraq to Syria´s northeast for delivering humanitarian aid "a non-starter."
42% : "We believe that further concessions to the Americans and Europeans under the pressure of financial threats will undermine the credibility of the United Nations, its Charter and the Security Council´s resolutions."
32% : He reiterated Lavrov´s criticism of the continuous attempts since April 2020 to block a convoy by the United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent to Idlib from Syria´s capital, Damascus.

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