
While there is temporary relief for millions of displaced Syrians as a crucial UN aid operation from Turkey to northwest Syria has resumed, aid workers and rights groups have warned that the timeframe will put people at risk of hunger, homelessness, and disease during the coldest months of the year.
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Tuesday to resume aid deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing to four million people in the last rebel-held area of Syria, but only for six months as Russia has demanded.