On Wednesday 12 July, the European Union deplored Russia’s veto the previous day on the renewal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2672 on the cross-border delivery of humanitarian assistance to people in northwest Syria.
The cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism expired on 10 July and the aim was to extend it for a further 9 months.
This non-renewal “will further exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in northwest Syria and will gravely disrupt the...