U.N. Envoy Urges Syria Govt to Let Aid in 'Immediately'
The U.N. Syria envoy called on the Damascus government to let life-saving aid into the country "immediately" to take advantage of a truce which he said was holding "by and large."
Staffan de Mistura said that Damascus had promised to send authorization letters clearing large-scale humanitarian convoys to deploy but that those permits had "not been received".
"This is something that is required to happen immediately," de Mistura told reporters.
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He said that the soldiers concealed in the shipping containers had all been cleared of any links to extremist organizations. "Any links between these service members and extremist organizations are those links that I, the UN, deem necessary and profitable for Syria in the long run."
